Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Clitella nutricula		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Coelocormus huxleyi		Australia.		1886
Didemnopsis sansibaricum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum ahu		Western Pacific and South		1987
Didemnum albidum	Northern white crust	Indo-Pacific, Northern At		1871
Didemnum albopunctatum		Indo-Pacific.	0.0 WD	1909
Didemnum algasedens		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum amethysteum		Western Central Atlantic		1902
Didemnum amourouxi		Northeast Atlantic and th		1976
Didemnum anoi		Eastern Central Pacific		1987
Didemnum apersum		Northwest Pacific		1953
Didemnum apuroto		Western Pacific		1987
Didemnum arancium		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum aratore		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum asterix		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum asteropum		Indo-Pacific.		1895
Didemnum astrum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum augusti		Indo-Pacific		1920
Didemnum aures		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Didemnum bentarti		Antarctic.		2008
Didemnum beringense		Northern Pacific		1977
Didemnum bicolor		Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum biglans		Antarctic.		1906
Didemnum biglutinum		Western Central Pacific.		1995
Didemnum bimasculum		Western Central Pacific		1995
Didemnum bisectatum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum bisyncraton		Indo-Pacific.		1920
Didemnum braueri		Indo-Pacific.		1920
Didemnum brevioris		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Didemnum caesium		Indo-Pacific.		1909
Didemnum candidum	White didemnid	Cosmopolitan.	0.5 COLD	1816
Didemnum captivum		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Didemnum carnulentum	Pacific white crust	Eastern Pacific and North	12.5 COLD	1917
Didemnum caudiculatum		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum cerebrale		Indo-Pacific.		1920
Didemnum chartaceum		Indo-Pacific.		1909
Didemnum chilense		Western North America. S		1929
Didemnum cilicium		Eastern Indian Ocean		2005
Didemnum cineraceum		Pacific Ocean and Atlanti		1898
Didemnum clavum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum coccineum		Northeast Atlantic and th		1883
Didemnum commune		Northeast Atlantic and th		1877
Didemnum complexum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum conchyliatum	White speck tunicate	Western Central Atlantic.		1898
Didemnum congregatum		Western Central Pacific		2004
Didemnum contortum		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Didemnum coralliforme		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	2004
Didemnum coriaceum		Cosmopolitan.		1883
Didemnum corium		Eastern Indian Ocean		2005
Didemnum crescente		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum cuculliferum	Colony sea squirt	Western Central Pacific.	2 COLD	1909
Didemnum cygnuus		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum dealbatum		Indo-Pacific		1909
Didemnum delectum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum densum		Southwest Pacific		1892
Didemnum dicolla		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Didemnum diffundum		Western Central Pacific		1995
Didemnum digestum		Indo-Pacific.		1909
Didemnum diversum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum domesticum		Western Central Pacific		2004
Didemnum dorotubu		Northwest Pacific		1931
Didemnum drachi		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1975
Didemnum duplicatum		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Didemnum ectensum		Northern Pacific		1989
Didemnum edmondsoni		Eastern Central Pacific		1967
Didemnum effusium		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum elikapekae		Eastern Central Pacific		1967
Didemnum elongatum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	1909
Didemnum epikelp		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Didemnum etiolum		Western Central Pacific		1982
Didemnum fibriae		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum filiforme		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum flavoviride		Western Central Pacific		1995
Didemnum fragile		Indo-West Pacific.		1909
Didemnum fragum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum fucatum		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Didemnum fulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1841
Didemnum fuscum		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Didemnum gelatinosum		Eastern Atlantic		1841
Didemnum gemmiparum		Western Pacific		1976
Didemnum gintonicum		Western Central Pacific		1966
Didemnum globiferum		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Didemnum grande		Indo-Pacific	0.0 WD	1886
Didemnum granulatum		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	0.0 WD	1954
Didemnum granulosum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1883
Didemnum guttatum		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Didemnum halimedae		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Didemnum helgolandicum		Northeast Atlantic		1921
Didemnum herba		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum hiopaa		Pacific Ocean.		1987
Didemnum immundum		Northwest Pacific		1974
Didemnum inaequilobatum		Mediterranean		1909
Didemnum inauratum		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Didemnum incanum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	1899
Didemnum inveteratum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum japonicum		Northwest Pacific		1886
Didemnum jedanense		Indo-West Pacific.		1909
Didemnum jucundum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum kurilense		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum lacertosum		Western Central Pacific.		1995
Didemnum lahillei		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1909
Didemnum lambitum		Southwest Pacific		1924
Didemnum leopardi		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum leopardus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Didemnum levitas		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum ligulum		Western Central Pacific a		1983
Didemnum lillipution		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum linatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum linguiferum		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Didemnum lissoclinum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum lithostrotum		Western Pacific		1956
Didemnum macrosiphonium		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum macrospiculatum		Western Central Pacific		1967
Didemnum maculatum		Southwest Pacific		1892
Didemnum maculosum		Atlantic, Mediterranean,		1841
Didemnum madeleinae		Western Central Pacific	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum magnilarvum		Western Indian Ocean		1962
Didemnum mantile		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum megaductus		Northwest Pacific		1974
Didemnum megasterix		Western Central Pacific		1995
Didemnum membranaceum		Indo-Pacific	0.0 WD	1909
Didemnum mesembrinum		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Didemnum microthoracicum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum millari		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Didemnum milleporae		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Didemnum minisculum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum minispirale		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum misakiense		Western Pacific		1892
Didemnum molle	Green urn ascidian	Indo-West Pacific.		1886
Didemnum monile		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum moseleyi	White colonial tunicate	Indo-Pacific	0.0 WD	1886
Didemnum multispirale		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum mutabile		Pacific Ocean		1987
Didemnum nambucciensis		Southwest Pacific		2004
Didemnum nekozita		Indo-West Pacific.	0.0 WD	1967
Didemnum nigricans		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum nigrum		Western Central Pacific		1996
Didemnum niveum		Southwest Pacific		1892
Didemnum nocturnum		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Didemnum oblitum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum obscurum	Orange lattice ascidian	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant		1969
Didemnum ossium		Indo-West Pacific.	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum paa		Western Pacific		1987
Didemnum pacificum		Northwest Pacific		1953
Didemnum papillatum		Northwest Pacific		1974
Didemnum parancium		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum parau		Pacific Ocean.		1987
Didemnum pardum		Northwest Pacific		1963
Didemnum parvum		Eastern Central Pacific	1 WD	2003
Didemnum patulum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	1899
Didemnum pecten		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum pele		Eastern Central Pacific		1967
Didemnum pellucidum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum perlucidum	White crust tunicate	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic		1983
Didemnum perplexum		Indo-West Pacific.		2001
Didemnum perspicuum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1873
Didemnum peyrefittense		Northeast Atlantic and th		1913
Didemnum pitipiri		Central Pacific		1987
Didemnum plebium		Eastern Indian Ocean		2005
Didemnum poecilomorpha		Indo-West Pacific.	0.0 WD	1996
Didemnum polare		Northeast Atlantic		1903
Didemnum precocinum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum protectum		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1908
Didemnum psammatodes		Indo-Pacific, Central Atl		1895
Didemnum pseudobiglans		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum pseudofulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1970
Didemnum quincunciale		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum recurvatum		Indo-Pacific		1909
Didemnum roberti		Indo-West Pacific		1930
Didemnum rodriguesi		Southwest Atlantic and In		1993
Didemnum romssae		Northeast Atlantic		1996
Didemnum roseum		Northeast Atlantic		1851
Didemnum rota		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum rubeum		Pacific Ocean.		1996
Didemnum sachalinense		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum santaelenae		Southeast Pacific		1945
Didemnum scopi		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Didemnum siphonale		Northwest Pacific		1967
Didemnum sordidum		Indo-Pacific.		2001
Didemnum spadix		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum speciosum		Southwest Atlantic	0.0 TL	1886
Didemnum sphaericum		Western Central Pacific		1967
Didemnum spongoides		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Didemnum spumante		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum spumosum		Southwest Pacific		2004
Didemnum stercoratum		Western Central Pacific		1996
Didemnum stilense		Southeast Atlantic and We		1934
Didemnum stragulum		Indo-West Pacific.		2001
Didemnum studeri	White sea crust	Southern Atlantic, Indo-P		1911
Didemnum subflavum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Didemnum sucosum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum tabulatum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	1909
Didemnum tenue		Southwest Atlantic, Antar		1886
Didemnum ternerratum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0 WD	2001
Didemnum tetrahedrum		Southwest Atlantic		2004
Didemnum theca		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum toafene		Western Pacific		1987
Didemnum tonga		Western Pacific.		1886
Didemnum translucidum		Northwest Pacific		1953
Didemnum transparentum		Northwest Pacific		1977
Didemnum trispirale		Western Pacific		1989
Didemnum trivolutum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1960
Didemnum tuberatum		Southwest Pacific		1892
Didemnum tumulatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum usitatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum uturoa		Western Pacific.		1987
Didemnum vahatuio		Indo-West Pacific.	0.0 WD	1987
Didemnum vanderhorsti		Western Atlantic and East		1924
Didemnum velans		Southeast Atlantic		1920
Didemnum verdantum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum vermiforme		Western Pacific		2002
Didemnum vesperi		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Didemnum vestum	Compound sea squirt	Western Atlantic		2004
Didemnum vexillum		Northwest Pacific. Intro		1989
Didemnum via		Western Central Pacific		2001
Didemnum viride		Indo-West Pacific.		1906
Didemnum vulgare		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Didemnum yolky		Western Indian Ocean.		1997
Diplosoma abbotti		Western Central Pacific		1966
Diplosoma antarcticum		Antarctic Atlantic and In		1969
Diplosoma ata		Pacific Ocean		1987
Diplosoma carnosum		Northeast Atlantic and th		1883
Diplosoma fecundum		Eastern Indian Ocean		2004
Diplosoma ferrugeum		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Diplosoma gelatinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1938
Diplosoma glandulosum		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Diplosoma handi		Pacific Ocean		1967
Diplosoma hiatti		Western Central Pacific		1967
Diplosoma lafargueae		Northeast Atlantic		1993
Diplosoma listerianum	Gray encrusting compound tunicate	Circumglobal.	0.1 TL	1841
Diplosoma longinquum		Antarctic.		1912
Diplosoma lukini		Western Pacific		1989
Diplosoma marsupiale		Western Central Pacific		2001
Diplosoma matie		Southwest Pacific		1987
Diplosoma migrans		Northeast Atlantic		1970
Diplosoma mitsukuri		Northwest Pacific		1892
Diplosoma modestum		Western Indian Ocean
Diplosoma multipapillata		Western Central Pacific		1980
Diplosoma multitestis		Western Central Pacific		1996
Diplosoma ooru		Northwest Pacific		2005
Diplosoma pannosum		Western Central Pacific		2001
Diplosoma pavonina		Central Indo-Pacific.		1987
Diplosoma pizoni		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Diplosoma ponticum		Black Sea		1989
Diplosoma redika		Western Central Pacific		1994
Diplosoma simile		Western Pacific. Climate		1909
Diplosoma simileguwa		Northwest Pacific		2005
Diplosoma singulare		Northeast Atlantic		1968
Diplosoma siphonale		Western Pacific.		1977
Diplosoma spongiforme	Jelly synascidian	Atlantic and the Mediterr		1872

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Family: Didemnidae (See list of species below)

Family: Didemnidae

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