Genus: Pyrostremma
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Pyrosomatida > Family: Pyrosomatidae
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).
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Pyrostremma agassizi
(Strawberry jam fire salp)
A fairly common species found in all oceans from 40ºN to 45ºS. |
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Pyrostremma spinosum (Giant fire salp)
Occurs in all oceans from 40°N to 45°S (Van Soest 1981). |
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Publications
- van Soest RWM. 1981. A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida
(Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research 3(4):
603–631.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
