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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Polycitoridae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia

Nine genera and 190 species worldwide, with four genera and 17 species native to southern African seas.

Genera native to southern Africa

Information mainly from Monniot et al. (2001). Global figures are from World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Cystodytes

A total of 21 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African seas.

 

Eucoelium

A total of eight species worldwide, with one, Eucoelium pallidus, native to southern African seas.

 

Eudistoma

A total of 123 species worldwide, nine of which are native to southern African seas.

Polycitor

A total of 30 species worldwide, four of which are native to southern African seas.

 

Publications

  • Monniot C, Monniot F and Griffiths CL. 2001. South African ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum 108(1): 1-141.

Text by Hamish Robertson