Genus: Sigillina
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Holozoidae
A total of 13 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
unless otherwise indicated. Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Sigillina digitata Recorded from
Oudekraal and False Bay on the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa.
Found in rock pools and to a depth of 2-15 m. |
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Sigillina moebiusi [=
Eudistoma mobiusi] Recorded from South Africa
(Cape region) and Madagascar. There are unconfirmed records from Mauritius
and Mayotte (Comores islands). |
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Sigillina vasta Collected off the
Cape, South Africa, at a depth of 62-77 m. |
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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 |
