Appendicularia

By Graciela B. Esnal

This chapter consists of 45 species of Appendicularia occurring in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Contents
Ap.1 Introduction
Ap.2 Geographic and vertical distribution
Ap.3 Taxonomy
Ap.4 Diagnostic morphological features
Ap.5 Suggested reading

Identification
No key is available; identification of species must be carried out by comparing of genera and species diagnoses.

Species
See the page for Class Appendicularia (and following pages) in the Higher taxa module. A species list can also be found on that page.

For the species and forms, see Althoffia tumida to Kowalevskia oceanica in the Species module (45 pages).