Genus: Symplegma
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
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Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family:
Styelidae
A total of 12 species
worldwide, with three species 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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Symplegma bahraini
Recorded from Sodwana Bay and Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also
known from the Mozambique Channel and from Bahrain. |
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Symplegma rubra
Distribution circum-global, including Mozambique. |
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Symplegma viride
Widely distributed, including South Africa and Mozambique. |
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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 |
