Genus: Synoicum
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Polyclinidae
A total of 81 species worldwide, two 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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Synoicum australe Recorded from
Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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Synoicum capense Recorded from
False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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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 |
