Genus: Soestia
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Salpida > Family: Salpidae
Two species worldwide, both of which have wide
pelagic distributions that include southern
African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), unless otherwise indicated.
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Soestia cylindrica
Circum-(sub)tropical. |
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Soestia zonaria
Semi-cosmopolitan. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa, under
the name Iasis zonaria, by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). Recorded from the
Benguela Current region by Gibbons (1999). |
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Publications
- Gibbons MJ. 1999. An introduction to the zooplankton of the
Benguela Current region. National Book Publishers, Cape Town.
- Lazarus, B. I. and D. Dowler. 1979. Pelagic tunicata off the
west and south-west coasts of South Africa, 1964-1965. Fish.
Bull. S. Afr. 12:93-119.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
