Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
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Didemnum ahu Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific and Southwest Atlantic | ||
Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871) |
Northern white crust | Indo-Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | |
Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | 0.0035 | |
Didemnum algasedens Monniot, & Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum amethysteum (Van Name, 1902) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Didemnum amourouxi Lafargue, 1976 |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum anoi Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum apersum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum apuroto Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum arancium Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum aratore Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum asterix Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum asteropum (Sluiter, 1895) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum astrum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum augusti Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum aures Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum bentarti Varela & Ramos-Esplá, 2008 |
Antarctic | ||
Didemnum beringense Romanov, 1977 |
Northern Pacific | ||
Didemnum bicolor Kott, 2001 |
Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum biglans (Sluiter, 1906) |
Antarctic | ||
Didemnum biglutinum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum bimasculum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum bisectatum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum bisyncraton Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum braueri Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum brevioris Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum caesium Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816 |
White didemnid | Cosmopolitan | 0.5 |
Didemnum captivum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum carnulentum Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 |
Pacific white crust | Eastern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic | 12.5 |
Didemnum caudiculatum Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum cerebrale Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum chartaceum (Sluiter, 1909) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum chilense Ärrnbäck, 1929 |
Western North America. Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum cilicium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum cineraceum (Sluiter, 1898) |
Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean | ||
Didemnum clavum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883) |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum commune (Della Valle, 1877) |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum complexum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum conchyliatum (Sluiter, 1898) |
White speck tunicate | Western Central Atlantic | |
Didemnum congregatum Kott, 2004 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum contortum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum coralliforme Kott, 2004 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.005 | |
Didemnum coriaceum (Drasche, 1883) |
Cosmopolitan | ||
Didemnum corium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum crescente Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.0062 | |
Didemnum cuculliferum (Sluiter, 1909) |
Colony sea squirt | Western Central Pacific | 2 |
Didemnum cygnuus Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum dealbatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum delectum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | 0.0035 | |
Didemnum densum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum dicolla Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum diffundum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum digestum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum diversum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum domesticum Kott, 2004 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum dorotubu (Oka, 1931) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum drachi Lafargue, 1975 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum duplicatum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Didemnum ectensum Romanov, 1989 |
Northern Pacific | ||
Didemnum edmondsoni Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum effusium Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum elikapekae Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum elongatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.01 | |
Didemnum epikelp Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum etiolum Kott, 1982 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum fibriae Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum filiforme Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum flavoviride Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum fragum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum fucatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum fulgens (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum fuscum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum gelatinosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Eastern Atlantic | ||
Didemnum gemmiparum Romanov, 1976 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum gintonicum Eldredge, 1966 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum globiferum Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum grande (Herdman, 1886) |
Indo-Pacific | 0.009 | |
Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954 |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean | 0.005 | |
Didemnum granulosum (Drasche, 1883) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum guttatum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum halimedae Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Didemnum helgolandicum Michaelsen, 1921 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum herba Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum hiopaa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Didemnum immundum Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum inaequilobatum Daumezon, 1909 |
Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum inauratum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Didemnum incanum (Herdman, 1899) |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.003 | |
Didemnum inveteratum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum japonicum (Herdman, 1886) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum jedanense Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum jucundum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.0082 | |
Didemnum kurilense Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum lacertosum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum lambitum Michaelsen, 1924 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum leopardi Monniot, 2001 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum leopardus Kott, 2005 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum levitas Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum ligulum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
Didemnum lillipution Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum linatum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum linguiferum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum lissoclinum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
Didemnum lithostrotum Brewin, 1956 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum macrosiphonium Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum macrospiculatum Tokioka, 1967 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum maculatum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Arctic | ||
Didemnum madeleinae Monniot, & Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | 0.005 | |
Didemnum magnilarvum Millar, 1962 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum mantile Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum megaductus Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum megasterix Kott, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum membranaceum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | 0.0056 | |
Didemnum mesembrinum Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum microthoracicum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum millari Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum milleporae Vasseur, 1969 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum minisculum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum minispirale Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum misakiense (Oka & Willey, 1892) |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886) |
Green urn ascidian | Indo-West Pacific | |
Didemnum monile Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum moseleyi (Herdman, 1886) |
White colonial tunicate | Indo-Pacific | 0.005 |
Didemnum multispirale Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum mutabile Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Didemnum nambucciensis Kott, 2004 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum nekozita Tokioka, 1967 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.00375 | |
Didemnum nigricans Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum nigrum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum niveum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum nocturnum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum oblitum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum obscurum Monniot, 1969 |
Orange lattice ascidian | Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | |
Didemnum ossium Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.006 | |
Didemnum paa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum pacificum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum papillatum Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum parancium Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum parau Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Didemnum pardum Tokioka, 1963 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum parvum Monniot & Monniot, 2003 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 1 | |
Didemnum patulum (Herdman, 1899) |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
Didemnum pecten Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.008 | |
Didemnum pele Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum pellucidum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum perlucidum Monniot, 1983 |
White crust tunicate | Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean | |
Didemnum perplexum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum perspicuum Giard, 1873 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913 |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum pitipiri Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum plebium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum poecilomorpha Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.006 | |
Didemnum polare (Hartmeyer, 1903) |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum precocinum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum protectum (Daumézon, 1908) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) |
Indo-Pacific, Central Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic | ||
Didemnum pseudobiglans Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
Didemnum quincunciale Michaelsen, |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum recurvatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum roberti Michaelsen, 1930 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum rodriguesi Rocha & Monniot, 1993 |
Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum romssae Marks, 1996 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum roseum Sars, 1851 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum rota Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum rubeum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Didemnum sachalinense Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum santaelenae Van Name, 1945 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
Didemnum scopi Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum siphonale Tokioka, 1967 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum sordidum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Didemnum spadix Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum speciosum (Herdman, 1886) |
Southwest Atlantic | 0.006 | |
Didemnum sphaericum Tokioka, 1967 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum spongoides Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum spumante Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum spumosum Kott, 2004 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum stercoratum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum stilense Michaelsen, 1934 |
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum stragulum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum studeri Hartmeyer, 1911 |
White sea crust | Southern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic | |
Didemnum subflavum (Herdman, 1886) |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum sucosum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum tabulatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
Didemnum tenue (Herdman, 1886) |
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic and Southeast Pacific | ||
Didemnum ternerratum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | 0.0046 | |
Didemnum tetrahedrum Dias & Rodrigues, 2004 |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
Didemnum theca Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum toafene Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886) |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum translucidum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum transparentum Romanov, 1977 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum trispirale Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum trivolutum Millar, 1960 |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum tuberatum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum tumulatum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum usitatum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum uturoa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum vahatuio Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.008 | |
Didemnum vanderhorsti Van Name, 1924 |
Western Atlantic and Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum velans Michaelsen, 1920 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
Didemnum verdantum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum vermiforme Kott, 2002 |
Western Pacific | ||
Didemnum vesperi Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum vestum Kott, 2004 |
Compound sea squirt | Western Atlantic | |
Didemnum vexillum Romanov, 1989 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Didemnum via Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Didemnum viride (Herdman, 1906) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Didemnum vulgare Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Didemnum yolky Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean |