Family: Ascidiidae
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Phlebobranchia
Five genera and 150 species worldwide, with one genus and eight species native
to southern African seas, and a further genus and species that is naturalised in
the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Ascidia A total of
125 species worldwide, eight of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Genera naturalised in southern Africa
Ascidiella A total of three
species worldwide, with one of them, Ascidiella aspersa, naturalised
in
southern African seas (native to European seas). |
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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 |