Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aplidiopsis amoyense		Northwest Pacific		1967
Aplidiopsis arenosum		Antarctica.		1898
Aplidiopsis atlanticus		Northeast Atlantic		1974
Aplidiopsis confluata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidiopsis discoveryi		Antarctic and Indo-Pacifi		1960
Aplidiopsis gelidus		Western Central Pacific		1987
Aplidiopsis georgianum		Antarctic		1932
Aplidiopsis helenae		Northwest Pacific		1927
Aplidiopsis indicus		Western Indian Ocean		2006
Aplidiopsis mammillata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidiopsis ocellatus		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Aplidiopsis pannosum	Pale mushroom compound tunicate	Arctic, Northern Pacific	4 COLD	1899
Aplidiopsis parvastigma		Western Central Pacific		1991
Aplidiopsis pyriformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Aplidiopsis sabulosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidiopsis stellatus		Western Central Atlantic.		1984
Aplidiopsis tokaraensis		Northwest Pacific		1954
Aplidiopsis tubiferus	Tubiferus ascidian	Indo-West Pacific		2001
Aplidiopsis vitreum		Northeast Atlantic and th		1887
Aplidiopsis yezoense		Northwest Pacific		1967
Aplidium abyssum		Antarctic, sub-Antarctic		1969
Aplidium accarense		Western Central Atlantic		1953
Aplidium acropodium		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Aplidium acroporum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium aegeaensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1904
Aplidium africanum		Western Indian Ocean		1905
Aplidium agulhaense		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Aplidium albicans		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1841
Aplidium altarium		Indo-West Pacific and the		1909
Aplidium amorphatum		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Aplidium amphibolum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium annulatum		Antarctic.	2 COLD	1906
Aplidium antillense		Western Central Atlantic.		1955
Aplidium appendiculatum		Northeast Atlantic		1923
Aplidium arenatum		Northeast Pacific.		1945
Aplidium argus		Europe.		1841
Aplidium asperum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1883
Aplidium aurorae		Antarctic.		1938
Aplidium australiense		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Aplidium bacculum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium balleniae		Antarctic and sub-Antarct		1983
Aplidium bermudae		Western Central Atlantic.		1902
Aplidium bilinguae		Antarctic.		1983
Aplidium bilingula		Western Indian Ocean		2006
Aplidium blochmanni		Mediterranean Sea.		1894
Aplidium brementi		Mediterranean		1925
Aplidium brevilarvacium		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Aplidium breviventer		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium caelestis		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1987
Aplidium caeruleum		Mediterranean and the Ant		1890
Aplidium californicum	California sea pork	Pacific Ocean	2 COLD	1917
Aplidium cellis		Western Central Pacific		1987
Aplidium cerebrum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium challengeri		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2007
Aplidium chthamalum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium circulatum		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Aplidium circumvolutum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1900
Aplidium clivosum		Indo-West Pacific		1992
Aplidium coei		Northeast Pacific		1901
Aplidium colelloides		Eastern Indian Ocean		1886
Aplidium colini		Western Indian Ocean		1999
Aplidium complanatum		Antarctic.		1886
Aplidium confusum		Northwest Pacific		2000
Aplidium congregatum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium conicum	Conical sea squirt	Atlantic and the Mediterr		1792
Aplidium coniferum		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Aplidium constellatum	Northern sea pork	Northwest Pacific and Wes		1871
Aplidium constrictum		Southwest Pacific		1900
Aplidium controversum		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Aplidium convergens		Western Indian Ocean.		2006
Aplidium cottrelli		Southwest Pacific		1957
Aplidium crateriferum	Crater sea squirt	Indo-Pacific.		1909
Aplidium crustatum		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Aplidium cunhaense		Southeast Atlantic		1882
Aplidium cunhense		Southeast Atlantic and An		1967
Aplidium cyaneum		Antarctic and sub-Antarct		1983
Aplidium cyclophorum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium densum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1872
Aplidium depressum		Western Pacific.		1909
Aplidium didemniformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Aplidium directum		Western Pacific		1972
Aplidium disiphonium		Northwest Pacific.		1975
Aplidium distaplium		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium draschei		Mediterranean Sea.		2007
Aplidium dubium		Northwest Pacific.		1899
Aplidium effrenatum		Southwest Atlantic.		1886
Aplidium elatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Aplidium elegans		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1872
Aplidium enigmaticum		Atlantic Ocean		1985
Aplidium exiguun		Southeast Atlantic		1886
Aplidium exile		Western Central Atlantic		1902
Aplidium falklandicum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1960
Aplidium fistulosum		Western Central Pacific		1991
Aplidium flavolineatum	Rosette sea squirt	Indo-West Pacific, Southe	1.5 TL	1898
Aplidium fluorescum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium fuegiense	Orange ascidian	Southwest Atlantic, South		1871
Aplidium fumigatum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Aplidium funginum		Western Central Atlantic		1898
Aplidium galeritum		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Aplidium gastrolineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium gelasinum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium gelatinosum		Mediterranean Sea.		1970
Aplidium geminatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium gibbulosum		Mediterranean		1816
Aplidium gilvum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium glabrum		Northern Pacific, Northea	7 COLD	1871
Aplidium glaphyrum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium globosum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1886
Aplidium gracile		Southwest Atlantic and So		1983
Aplidium griseum		Mediterranean		1890
Aplidium grisiatum		Mediterranean. Western C	7 TL	1998
Aplidium haesitans		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Aplidium haouarianum		Mediterranean		1956
Aplidium hians		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Aplidium hyalinum		Mediterranean		1956
Aplidium imbutum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1983
Aplidium incubatum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium inflorescens		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium intextum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium inversum		Mediterranean Sea		1959
Aplidium irregulare		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1886
Aplidium jacksoni		Southwest Pacific		1963
Aplidium knoxi		Southwest Pacific		1956
Aplidium kottae		Northeast Pacific		2007
Aplidium laevigatum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1886
Aplidium lebedi		Northwest Pacific		1998
Aplidium lenticulum		Indo-West Pacific		1992
Aplidium leviventer		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Aplidium lineatum		Western Central Pacific		1996
Aplidium litum		Western Indian Ocean		2006
Aplidium lobatum		Cosmopolitan.		1816
Aplidium lodix		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium longicaudatum		Antarctic.		1912
Aplidium longithorax		Western Pacific.		1987
Aplidium longum		Southwest Atlantic, Antar		1970
Aplidium loricatum		Antarctic.		1938
Aplidium lubricum		Indo-West Pacific.		1898
Aplidium lunacratum		Indo-West Pacific		1992
Aplidium macrolobatum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium magellanicum	Common sea daisy	Southwest Atlantic and So		2003
Aplidium magnilarvum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium maritimum		Southwest Pacific		1958
Aplidium maru		Southwest Pacific		1987
Aplidium mediterraneum		Mediterranean and Atlanti		1909
Aplidium meridianum		Southwest Atlantic, South		1906
Aplidium mernooensis		Indo-West Pacific.		1956
Aplidium millari		Antarctic.		1994
Aplidium minisculum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium miripartum		Antarctic.		1983
Aplidium monile		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Aplidium monoophorum		Northwest Pacific		1975
Aplidium monotonicum		Northwest Pacific.		1954
Aplidium multilineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium multipapillatum		Western Pacific		1975
Aplidium multiplicatum		Indo-West Pacific.		1909
Aplidium multisulcatum		Southwest Atlantic		1977
Aplidium mutabile		Northeast Atlantic		1851
Aplidium nadaense		Western Pacific		1980
Aplidium nema		Mediterranean Sea		1976
Aplidium nigrum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Aplidium nordmanni		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1841
Aplidium nottii		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1951
Aplidium novaezealandiae		Southwest Atlantic, South		1952
Aplidium ocellatum		Mediterranean Sea		1987
Aplidium octoversum		Northwest Pacific		1975
Aplidium oculatum		Northwest Pacific.		1974
Aplidium opacum		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Aplidium ordinatum		Antarctic.		1906
Aplidium ornatum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium orthium		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium ovum		Southwest Atlantic, Antar		1978
Aplidium paessleri		Southwest Atlantic, Antar		1907
Aplidium pallidum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1871
Aplidium pantherinum		Southeast Atlantic, Indo-		1898
Aplidium paralineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium parastigmaticum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium parvum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Aplidium pellucidum		Southwest Atlantic and So		1885
Aplidium pentatrema		Western Atlantic.	1.2 TL	1972
Aplidium peresi		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1970
Aplidium peruvianum		Southeast Pacific		2004
Aplidium petrense		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium petrosum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium phortax		Southwest Pacific		1924
Aplidium pictum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium pliciferum		Pacific Ocean		1927
Aplidium polybunum		Northwest Pacific.		1927
Aplidium polytrema		Mediterranean Sea		1983
Aplidium profundum		Cosmopolitan.		1909
Aplidium proliferum		Cosmopolitan.		1841
Aplidium pronum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1975
Aplidium propinquum		Eastern Central Pacific		1945
Aplidium pseudolobatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1956
Aplidium pseudoradiatum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium punctum	Orange flake ascidian	Atlantic and the Mediterr		1873
Aplidium pusillum		Western Central Pacific		1991
Aplidium quadrisulcatum		Southwest Pacific		1960
Aplidium quadriversum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium quinquesulcatum		Atlantic Ocean		1977
Aplidium radiatum		Antarctic.	10 COLD	1906
Aplidium radicosum		Northeast Atlantic		1979
Aplidium recumbens		Antarctic, Atlantic and S		1886
Aplidium retiforme		Southeast Atlantic, Antar		1886
Aplidium ritteri		Western Central Pacific.		1895
Aplidium robustum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Aplidium rosaceum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium rosarium		Western Central Pacific		1992
Aplidium rubricollum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Aplidium rubripunctum		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Aplidium ruzickai		Western Central Atlantic		2009
Aplidium sacciferum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Aplidium sagamiense		Northwest Pacific		1967
Aplidium sagresensis		Northeast Atlantic		1993
Aplidium sarasinorum		Indo-West Pacific		1889
Aplidium scabellum		Southwest Pacific		1924
Aplidium schaudinni		Northeast Atlantic		1903
Aplidium scyphus		Western Central Pacific		1991
Aplidium seeligeri		Southwest Pacific		1960
Aplidium siderum		Antarctic.		1983
Aplidium soldatovi		Northwest Pacific.		1937
Aplidium solidum	Red Sea pork	Indo-Pacific. Tropical t	0.3 TL	1917
Aplidium spauldingi		Northeast Pacific.		1907
Aplidium spitzbergense		Northeast Atlantic and No		1903
Aplidium stanleyi		Antarctic Atlantic and So		1960
Aplidium stellatum		Western Atlantic.	20 COLD	1871
Aplidium stelliferum		Southwest Pacific		1900
Aplidium stewartense		Southern Pacific, Atlanti		1924
Aplidium tabachniki		Southwest Pacific		1999
Aplidium tabarquensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1991
Aplidium tabascum		Indo-West Pacific.		1992
Aplidium tasmaniensis		Southwest Pacific		1999
Aplidium tenuicaudum		Northwest Pacific		1974
Aplidium translucidum		Northeast Atlantic and No		1901
Aplidium traustedti		Southwest Atlantic		1977
Aplidium tridentatum		Northeast Atlantic and th		1909
Aplidium triggsense		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Aplidium triplex		Antarctic and Southwest A		1906
Aplidium tubiferus		Southwest Indian Ocean.		2001
Aplidium turbinatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1816
Aplidium undulatum		Southwest Atlantic, Indo-		1978
Aplidium unicornum		Southwest Pacific		1982
Aplidium uouo		Eastern Central Pacific		1987
Aplidium urgorrii		Northeast Atlantic		1994
Aplidium uteute		Western Pacific.		1987
Aplidium vanhoeffeni		Antarctic.		1911
Aplidium variabile	Sea chameleon	Southwest Atlantic, South		1886
Aplidium vastum		Antarctic.		1912
Aplidium vemense		Southeast Atlantic		1968
Aplidium vexillum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Aplidium vulcanium		Western Central Pacific		2001

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Polyclinidae (See list of species below)

Family: Polyclinidae

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