Stegosoma magnum
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Larvacea > Family:
Oikopleuridae > Subfamily: Oikopleurinae > Tribe: Labiata >
Genus:
Stegosoma
Distribution and habitat
Semi-cosmopolitan, including Atlantic and
Indian oceans. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by
Lazarus & Dowler (1979).
Publications
- Lazarus, B. I. and D. Dowler. 1979. Pelagic tunicata off the
west and south-west coasts of South Africa, 1964-1965. Fish.
Bull. S. Afr. 12:93-119.
- López-Urrutia A, Acuña JL, Irigoien X, Harris R. 2003. Food
limitation and growth in temperate epipelagic appendicularians
(Tunicata). Marine Ecology Progress Series 252: 143-157.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
