Genus: Polysyncraton
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(animals) >
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Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Didemnidae
A total of 97 species worldwide, five of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001),
unless otherwise indicated. Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Polysyncraton aspiculatum
Occurs from Japan to the Philippines, southern Australia,
Djibouti and South Africa (Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal). Variable in
appearance, thus casting doubt on whether there is only one species. Found
at depths ranging from 5-16 m. |
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Polysyncraton chuni Collected off
the Cape of Good Hope at a depth of 318 m. |
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Polysyncraton magnilarvum Recorded
from KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Polysyncraton millepore Recorded
from Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa. Within South Africa, it has
only been recorded from Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, at depths ranging from
8-22 m. |
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Polysyncraton spongioides
Collected off the Cape of Good Hope at a depth of 318 m. |
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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 |
