Family: Oikopleuridae
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Larvacea
Ten genera and 36 species worldwide,
with seven genera and 19 species that have broad pelagic 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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Subfamily: Bathochordaeinae |
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Bathochordaeus Two
species worldwide, with one of them, Bathochordaeus charon, native
to southern African seas. |
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Subfamily: Oikopleurinae |
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Tribe: Alabiata |
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Althoffia One species,
Althoffia tumida, which has a global distribution that includes southern African seas. |
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Pelagopleura
Five species worldwide, with four that have broad distributions that include southern African seas. |
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Tribe: Labiata |
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Folia Two species worldwide. The
distribution of one of them, Folia gracilis, includes southern African seas. |
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Megalocercus Two species
worldwide. The distribution of one of them, Megalocercus abyssorum,
includes southern African seas. |
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Oikopleura A total of 16 species worldwide,
with 10 that have broad distributions that include southern African seas. |
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Stegosoma One species,
Stegosoma magnum, that has a semi-cosmopolitan distribution that
includes southern African seas. |
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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 |
