Family: Polyclinidae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia
Ten genera and 428 species worldwide,
with four genera and 28 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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Aplidiopsis Twenty species
worldwide, with one, Aplidiopsis tubiferus, native to southern
African seas. |
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Aplidium A total of
269 species worldwide, 20 of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Polyclinum A total of
44 species worldwide, five of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Synoicum A total of
81 species worldwide, two 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 |
