Genus: Tectillaria
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Chordata > Tunicata >
Larvacea > Family:
Fritillariidae > Subfamily: Fritillariinae
Two species worldwide, which have very broad distributions that include southern African seas.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Lazarus & Dowler (1979) and
other publications listed on the
relevant taxon pages.
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Tectillaria fertilis
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). |
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Tectillaria taeniogona
Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Pacific Ocean, and Red Sea. Recorded from the
southwest coast of South Africa, under the name Fritillaria taeniogona, by
Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Publications
- 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 |
