Genus: Distaplia
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Holozoidae
A total of 54 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001).
Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Distaplia capensis
Recorded from the Cape coast, South Africa. |
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Distaplia durbanensis Collected
off Durban at a depth of 411 m. |
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Distaplia skoogi Recorded from
Miller's Point, False Bay, Cape Peninsula at a depth of 4-15 m. Also from
Ibo Island in Mozambique, so it is probably distributed along most of the
southern African coastline. |
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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 |
