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Ascidia canaliculata

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Phlebobranchia > Family: Ascidiidae > Genus: Ascidia

 

Ascidia canaliculata. [photo CL Griffiths ©]

Distribution and habitat

Recorded from Namibia (Branch et al. 2010), South Africa and Mozambique (Monniot et al. 2001).

Publications

  • Branch GM, Griffiths CL, Branch ML, Beckley LE. 2017. Two oceans - a guide to the marine life of southern Africa (4th Edition). Penguin Random House South Africa, Cape Town. More details...
  • 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