Genus: Polyclinum
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Polyclinidae
A total of 44 species worldwide, five of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Polyclinum arenosum Recorded from
KwaZulu-Natal and from the Cape. |
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Polyclinum constellatum A fouling
species, distributed worldwide, that has been recorded from Durban. |
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Polyclinum isipingense Occurs in
rock pools, from Saldanha Bay (Western Cape, South Africa) to Mozambique and
Madagascar. |
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Polyclinum macrophyllum Recorded
from Mozambique. |
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Polyclinum neptunium Recorded at
depths of 106-341 m off the coast of South Africa. It has also been recorded
from southern Australia. |
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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 |
