Genus: Molgula
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family:
Molgulidae
A total of 144 species worldwide, six of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Molgula brieni Recorded
from Mozambique. |
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Molgula conchata Recorded from
Mauritius and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been recorded from the
intertidal zone at Port Elizabeth, and from Knysna. |
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Molgula cryptica Recorded from
South Africa. |
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Molgula dicosta Indian Ocean,
including Madagascar and Mozambique. |
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Molgula falsensis Recorded from
Miller's Point (False Bay, Cape Peninsula) at a depth of 6 m, Saldanha Bay
Harbour and Port Elizabeth Harbour. |
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Molgula scutata Records of this
species extend from Namibia to Isipingo in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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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 |
