Didemnum granulatum

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Didemnum granulatum. [photo CL Griffiths ©]

Distribution and habitat

A near cosmopolitan species, recorded from the Western Pacific (including Japan, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, Polynesia and Hong Kong), the Indian Ocean (including South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania), the Red Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean (off Brazil).

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