Family: Pyuridae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia
Seventeen genera and 246 species worldwide,
with six genera and 16 species native to southern African seas, and a
further species that is naturalised in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Boltenia A total of 10 species
worldwide, with one species, Boltenia africana, native to southern
African seas. |
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Halocynthia A total of 15 species
worldwide, with one species, Halocynthia spinosa, native to southern
African seas. |
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Hartmeyeria A total of nine
species worldwide, with three species native to southern African seas. |
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Herdmania A total of 17 species
worldwide, with one species, Herdmania momus, native to
southern African seas. |
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Microcosmus A total of 37 species
worldwide, with five species native to southern African seas and a further
species that is naturalised in the region. |
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Pyura A total of 98 species
worldwide, with five species 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 |
