Styela angularis

(Styela angularis)

Description

The angular sea squirt, Styela angularis, is a solitary, hermaphroditic ascidian tunicate that is found along the coast of Southern Africa from Lüderitz Bay in Namibia to the Eastern Cape.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Ascidiacea

Order:Stolidobranchia

Family:Styelidae

Genus:Styela

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