Genus: Pycnoclavella
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Pycnoclavellidae
A total of 26 species worldwide, six of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001),
Kott (2005)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Pycnoclavella auracea
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Pycnoclavella diminuta Recorded
from West Indian Ocean off South Africa. |
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Pycnoclavella dublum Recorded from
Mozambique. |
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Pycnoclavella filamentosa Recorded
from Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape) and from Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape), at
depths ranging from 16-20 m. |
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Pycnoclavella inflorescens
Recorded from Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape) and from Plettenberg Bay (Western
Cape), at depths ranging from 15-30 m. |
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Pycnoclavella narcissus (Choirboys)
Recorded from Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape, South Africa) at depths of 10-32 m.
Branch et al. (2010) show the distribution as ranging from about Cape Town
eastwards up to Mozambique. |
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Publications
- Kott P. 2005. Pycnoclavella (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)
species from the West Indian Ocean. African Zoology, 40(2):
205-212.
- 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 |
