Genus: Ritterella
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Ritterellidae
A total of 24 species worldwide, three 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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Ritterella dispar Indo-West
Pacific including Australia, Mozambique and Tanzania. |
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Ritterella solida Recorded from
Oudekraal on the Cape Peninsula at a depth of 10 m. |
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Ritterella tokioka Distribution
includes Mozambique, Tanzania and the North West Pacific. |
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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 |
