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Genus: Stolonica

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family: Styelidae

A total of 28 species worldwide, with two species native to southern African seas.

Species native to southern Africa

Information from Monniot et al. (2001) and World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Stolonica inhacae 

Recorded from Mozambique and Tanzania.

 

Stolonica multitestis

Recorded from Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, in rock pools.

 

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