Styela angularis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia |
| Family: | Styelidae |
| Genus: | Styela |
| Species: | S. angularis
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| Styela angularis | |
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Styela angularis (angular sea squirt) is a solitary, hermaphroditic ascidian tunicate that is found along the coast of Southern Africa from Lüderitz Bay in Namibia to the Eastern Cape.[2]
Description
[edit]Order of 100 millimetres (3.9 in) tall, with a tough flexible opaque hexagonal test tapering down to a narrow base peduncle. Stands upright on the substrate. Cloacal siphon terminal, and oral siphon slightly ventral and posterior.
Behaviour
[edit]Occurs singly on rocks or other hard surfaces where water is clean and fairly fast moving. Often covered by epibionts.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosana Moreira da Rocha & Karen Sanamyan (2013). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ Monniot, C; Monniot, F; Griffiths, C.L; Schleyer, M (2001). "South African ascidians". Annals of the South African Museum. 108 (1): 1–141. ISBN 0868131806.
External links
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Data related to Styela angularis at Wikispecies
Media related to Styela angularis at Wikimedia Commons
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