Family: Polycitoridae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia
Nine genera and 190 species worldwide,
with four genera and 17 species native to southern African seas.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information mainly from Monniot et al. (2001).
Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Cystodytes A total of
21 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Eucoelium A total of eight species worldwide,
with one, Eucoelium pallidus, native to southern African seas. |
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Eudistoma A total of 123 species worldwide,
nine of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Polycitor A total of
30 species worldwide, four of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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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 |
