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Family: Polyclinidae (See list of species below)

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366 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aplidiopsis amoyense []	No picture found Aplidiopsis atlanticus []	No picture found Aplidiopsis confluata []
No picture found Aplidiopsis discoveryi []	No picture found Aplidiopsis gelidus []	No picture found Aplidiopsis georgianum []
No picture found Aplidiopsis helenae []	No picture found Aplidiopsis indicus []	No picture found Aplidiopsis mammillata []
No picture found Aplidiopsis ocellatus []	No picture found Aplidiopsis pannosum [Pale mushroom compound tunicate]	No picture found Aplidiopsis parvastigma []
No picture found Aplidiopsis pyriformis []	No picture found Aplidiopsis sabulosa []	No picture found Aplidiopsis stellatus []
No picture found Aplidiopsis tokaraensis []	No picture found Aplidiopsis tubiferus [Tubiferus ascidian]	No picture found Aplidiopsis vitreum []
No picture found Aplidiopsis yezoense []	No picture found Aplidium abyssum []	No picture found Aplidium accarense []
No picture found Aplidium acropodium []	No picture found Aplidium acroporum []	No picture found Aplidium aegeaensis []
No picture found Aplidium africanum []	No picture found Aplidium agulhaense []	No picture found Aplidium albicans []
No picture found Aplidium altarium []	No picture found Aplidium amorphatum []	No picture found Aplidium amphibolum []
No picture found Aplidium annulatum []	No picture found Aplidium antillense []	No picture found Aplidium appendiculatum []
No picture found Aplidium arenatum []	No picture found Aplidium asperum []	No picture found Aplidium aurorae []
No picture found Aplidium australiense []	No picture found Aplidium bacculum []	No picture found Aplidium balleniae []
No picture found Aplidium bermudae []	No picture found Aplidium bilinguae []	No picture found Aplidium bilingula []
No picture found Aplidium blochmanni []	No picture found Aplidium brementi []	No picture found Aplidium brevilarvacium []
No picture found Aplidium breviventer []	No picture found Aplidium caelestis []	No picture found Aplidium caeruleum []
Aplidium californicum [California sea pork]	No picture found Aplidium cellis []	No picture found Aplidium cerebrum []
No picture found Aplidium challengeri []	No picture found Aplidium chthamalum []	No picture found Aplidium circulatum []
No picture found Aplidium circumvolutum []	No picture found Aplidium clivosum []	No picture found Aplidium coei []
No picture found Aplidium colelloides []	No picture found Aplidium colini []	No picture found Aplidium complanatum []
No picture found Aplidium confusum []	No picture found Aplidium congregatum []	Aplidium conicum [Conical sea squirt]
No picture found Aplidium coniferum []	No picture found Aplidium constellatum [Northern sea pork]	No picture found Aplidium constrictum []
No picture found Aplidium controversum []	No picture found Aplidium convergens []	No picture found Aplidium cottrelli []
No picture found Aplidium crateriferum [Crater sea squirt]	No picture found Aplidium crustatum []	No picture found Aplidium cunhaense []
No picture found Aplidium cunhense []	No picture found Aplidium cyaneum []	No picture found Aplidium cyclophorum []
No picture found Aplidium densum []	No picture found Aplidium depressum []	No picture found Aplidium didemniformis []
No picture found Aplidium directum []	No picture found Aplidium disiphonium []	No picture found Aplidium distaplium []
No picture found Aplidium draschei []	No picture found Aplidium dubium []	No picture found Aplidium effrenatum []
No picture found Aplidium elatum []	No picture found Aplidium elegans []	No picture found Aplidium enigmaticum []
No picture found Aplidium exiguun []	No picture found Aplidium exile []	Aplidium falklandicum []
No picture found Aplidium fistulosum []	No picture found Aplidium flavolineatum [Rosette sea squirt]	No picture found Aplidium fluorescum []
No picture found Aplidium fuegiense [Orange ascidian]	No picture found Aplidium fumigatum []	No picture found Aplidium funginum []
No picture found Aplidium galeritum []	No picture found Aplidium gastrolineatum []	No picture found Aplidium gelasinum []
No picture found Aplidium gelatinosum []	No picture found Aplidium geminatum []	No picture found Aplidium gibbulosum []
No picture found Aplidium gilvum []	No picture found Aplidium glabrum []	No picture found Aplidium glaphyrum []
No picture found Aplidium globosum []	No picture found Aplidium gracile []	No picture found Aplidium griseum []
No picture found Aplidium grisiatum []	No picture found Aplidium haesitans []	No picture found Aplidium haouarianum []
No picture found Aplidium hians []	No picture found Aplidium hyalinum []	No picture found Aplidium imbutum []
No picture found Aplidium incubatum []	No picture found Aplidium inflorescens []	No picture found Aplidium intextum []
No picture found Aplidium inversum []	No picture found Aplidium irregulare []	No picture found Aplidium jacksoni []
No picture found Aplidium knoxi []	No picture found Aplidium kottae []	No picture found Aplidium laevigatum []
No picture found Aplidium lebedi []	No picture found Aplidium lenticulum []	No picture found Aplidium leviventer []
No picture found Aplidium lineatum []	No picture found Aplidium litum []	No picture found Aplidium lobatum []
No picture found Aplidium lodix []	No picture found Aplidium longicaudatum []	No picture found Aplidium longithorax []
No picture found Aplidium longum []	Aplidium loricatum []	No picture found Aplidium lubricum []
No picture found Aplidium lunacratum []	No picture found Aplidium macrolobatum []	No picture found Aplidium magellanicum [Common sea daisy]
No picture found Aplidium magnilarvum []	No picture found Aplidium maritimum []	No picture found Aplidium maru []
No picture found Aplidium mediterraneum []	No picture found Aplidium meridianum []	No picture found Aplidium mernooensis []
No picture found Aplidium millari []	No picture found Aplidium minisculum []	No picture found Aplidium miripartum []
No picture found Aplidium monile []	No picture found Aplidium monoophorum []	No picture found Aplidium monotonicum []
No picture found Aplidium multilineatum []	No picture found Aplidium multipapillatum []	No picture found Aplidium multiplicatum []
No picture found Aplidium multisulcatum []	No picture found Aplidium mutabile []	No picture found Aplidium nadaense []
No picture found Aplidium nema []	No picture found Aplidium nigrum []	Aplidium nordmanni []
No picture found Aplidium nottii []	No picture found Aplidium novaezealandiae []	No picture found Aplidium ocellatum []
No picture found Aplidium octoversum []	No picture found Aplidium oculatum []	No picture found Aplidium opacum []
No picture found Aplidium ordinatum []	No picture found Aplidium ornatum []	No picture found Aplidium orthium []
No picture found Aplidium ovum []	No picture found Aplidium paessleri []	No picture found Aplidium pallidum []
No picture found Aplidium pantherinum []	No picture found Aplidium paralineatum []	No picture found Aplidium parastigmaticum []
No picture found Aplidium parvum []	No picture found Aplidium pellucidum []	No picture found Aplidium pentatrema []
No picture found Aplidium peresi []	No picture found Aplidium peruvianum []	No picture found Aplidium petrense []
No picture found Aplidium petrosum []	No picture found Aplidium phortax []	No picture found Aplidium pictum []
No picture found Aplidium pliciferum []	No picture found Aplidium polybunum []	No picture found Aplidium polytrema []
No picture found Aplidium profundum []	Aplidium proliferum []	No picture found Aplidium pronum []
No picture found Aplidium propinquum []	No picture found Aplidium pseudolobatum []	No picture found Aplidium pseudoradiatum []
No picture found Aplidium punctum [Orange flake ascidian]	No picture found Aplidium pusillum []	No picture found Aplidium quadrisulcatum []
No picture found Aplidium quadriversum []	No picture found Aplidium quinquesulcatum []	No picture found Aplidium radiatum []
No picture found Aplidium radicosum []	No picture found Aplidium recumbens []	No picture found Aplidium retiforme []
No picture found Aplidium ritteri []	No picture found Aplidium robustum []	No picture found Aplidium rosaceum []
No picture found Aplidium rosarium []	No picture found Aplidium rubricollum []	No picture found Aplidium rubripunctum []
No picture found Aplidium ruzickai []	No picture found Aplidium sacciferum []	No picture found Aplidium sagamiense []
No picture found Aplidium sagresensis []	No picture found Aplidium sarasinorum []	No picture found Aplidium scabellum []
No picture found Aplidium schaudinni []	No picture found Aplidium scyphus []	No picture found Aplidium seeligeri []
No picture found Aplidium siderum []	No picture found Aplidium soldatovi []	Aplidium solidum [Red Sea pork]
No picture found Aplidium spauldingi []	No picture found Aplidium spitzbergense []	No picture found Aplidium stanleyi []
Aplidium stellatum []	No picture found Aplidium stelliferum []	No picture found Aplidium stewartense []
No picture found Aplidium tabachniki []	No picture found Aplidium tabarquensis []	No picture found Aplidium tabascum []
No picture found Aplidium tasmaniensis []	No picture found Aplidium tenuicaudum []	No picture found Aplidium translucidum []
No picture found Aplidium traustedti []	No picture found Aplidium tridentatum []	No picture found Aplidium triggsense []
No picture found Aplidium triplex []	No picture found Aplidium tubiferus []	No picture found Aplidium turbinatum []
No picture found Aplidium undulatum []	No picture found Aplidium unicornum []	No picture found Aplidium uouo []
No picture found Aplidium urgorrii []	No picture found Aplidium uteute []	No picture found Aplidium variabile [Sea chameleon]
No picture found Aplidium vastum []	No picture found Aplidium vemense []	No picture found Aplidium vexillum []
No picture found Aplidium vulcanium []	No picture found Aplidum punctum []	No picture found Homoeodistoma michaelseni []
No picture found Macrenteron ritteri []	No picture found Morchellium albidum []	No picture found Morchellium argus []
No picture found Morchellium giardi [Red crust]	No picture found Morchellium pannosum []	No picture found Morchellium partitionis []
No picture found Pharyngodictyon bisinus []	No picture found Pharyngodictyon cauliformis []	No picture found Pharyngodictyon elongatum []
No picture found Pharyngodictyon magnifili []	No picture found Pharyngodictyon mirabile []	No picture found Placentela crystallina []
No picture found Placentela translucida []	Polyclinella azemai [Colonial sea squirt]	No picture found Polyclinum arenosum []
No picture found Polyclinum aurantium []	No picture found Polyclinum cerebrale []	No picture found Polyclinum constellatum []
No picture found Polyclinum corbis []	No picture found Polyclinum festum []	No picture found Polyclinum fungosum []
No picture found Polyclinum glabrum []	No picture found Polyclinum hospitale []	No picture found Polyclinum incrustatum []
No picture found Polyclinum insulsum []	No picture found Polyclinum isipingense [Isipingense ascidian]	No picture found Polyclinum johnsoni []
No picture found Polyclinum lagena []	No picture found Polyclinum laxum []	No picture found Polyclinum macrophyllum []
No picture found Polyclinum marsupiale []	No picture found Polyclinum minutum []	No picture found Polyclinum neptunium []
No picture found Polyclinum nudum []	No picture found Polyclinum orbitum []	No picture found Polyclinum planum [Elephant ear tunicate]
No picture found Polyclinum psammiferum []	No picture found Polyclinum pute []	No picture found Polyclinum sacceum []
No picture found Polyclinum saturnium []	No picture found Polyclinum sibiricum []	No picture found Polyclinum sluiteri []
No picture found Polyclinum tenuatum []	No picture found Polyclinum terranum []	No picture found Polyclinum tsutsuii []
No picture found Polyclinum vasculosum []	No picture found Sidneioides ivicense []	No picture found Sidneioides japonense []
No picture found Sidneioides snamoti []	No picture found Sidneioides tamaramae []	No picture found Sidnyum elegans []
No picture found Sidnyum pererratum []	No picture found Sidnyum radiatum []	No picture found Sidnyum turbinatum []
Synoicum adareanum []	No picture found Synoicum angustum []	No picture found Synoicum apectetum []
No picture found Synoicum arenaceum []	No picture found Synoicum atlanticus []	No picture found Synoicum atopogaster []
No picture found Synoicum australe []	No picture found Synoicum beauchampi []	No picture found Synoicum blochmanni []
No picture found Synoicum bowerbanki []	No picture found Synoicum buccinum []	No picture found Synoicum calypsonis []
No picture found Synoicum capense []	No picture found Synoicum castellatum []	No picture found Synoicum chrysanthemum []
No picture found Synoicum citrum []	No picture found Synoicum clavatum []	No picture found Synoicum concavitum []
No picture found Synoicum cymosum []	No picture found Synoicum daucum []	No picture found Synoicum derjugini []
No picture found Synoicum diaphanum []	No picture found Synoicum duboscqui []	No picture found Synoicum erectum []
No picture found Synoicum floriferum []	No picture found Synoicum galei []	No picture found Synoicum georgianum []
No picture found Synoicum hypurgon []	No picture found Synoicum incrustatum []	No picture found Synoicum intercedens []
No picture found Synoicum irregulare []	No picture found Synoicum jordani []	No picture found Synoicum kerguelenense []
No picture found Synoicum kuranui []	No picture found Synoicum laboutei []	No picture found Synoicum lacazei []
No picture found Synoicum longistriatum []	No picture found Synoicum macroglossum []	No picture found Synoicum obscurum []
No picture found Synoicum occidentalis []	No picture found Synoicum ostentor []	No picture found Synoicum otagoensis []
No picture found Synoicum papilliferum []	No picture found Synoicum parfustis [Peach-coloured compound tunicate]	No picture found Synoicum pellucidum []
No picture found Synoicum pererratum []	No picture found Synoicum polygyna []	No picture found Synoicum pomum []
No picture found Synoicum prunum []	No picture found Synoicum pulmonaria []	No picture found Synoicum ramulosum []
No picture found Synoicum sabuliferum []	No picture found Synoicum sacculum []	No picture found Synoicum sagamianum []
No picture found Synoicum salivum []	No picture found Synoicum saxeum []	No picture found Synoicum solidum []
No picture found Synoicum suarenum []	No picture found Synoicum suesanum []	No picture found Synoicum tentaculatum []
No picture found Synoicum tropicum []	No picture found Synoicum turgens []	No picture found Synoicum vibei []

366 Species of Family Polyclinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aplidiopsis amoyense		Northwest Pacific
Aplidiopsis atlanticus		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidiopsis confluata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidiopsis discoveryi		Antarctic and Indo-Pacifi
Aplidiopsis gelidus		Western Central Pacific
Aplidiopsis georgianum		Antarctic
Aplidiopsis helenae		Northwest Pacific
Aplidiopsis indicus		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidiopsis mammillata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidiopsis ocellatus		Western Central Pacific.
Aplidiopsis pannosum	Pale mushroom compound tunicate	Arctic, Northern Pacific	4 COLD
Aplidiopsis parvastigma		Western Central Pacific
Aplidiopsis pyriformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidiopsis sabulosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidiopsis stellatus		Western Central Atlantic.
Aplidiopsis tokaraensis		Northwest Pacific
Aplidiopsis tubiferus	Tubiferus ascidian	Indo-West Pacific
Aplidiopsis vitreum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aplidiopsis yezoense		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium abyssum		Antarctic, sub-Antarctic
Aplidium accarense		Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium acropodium		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium acroporum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium aegeaensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aplidium africanum		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium agulhaense		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium albicans		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium altarium		Indo-West Pacific and the
Aplidium amorphatum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium amphibolum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium annulatum		Antarctic.	2 COLD
Aplidium antillense		Western Central Atlantic.
Aplidium appendiculatum		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium arenatum		Northeast Pacific.
Aplidium asperum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium aurorae		Antarctic.
Aplidium australiense		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium bacculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium balleniae		Antarctic and sub-Antarct
Aplidium bermudae		Western Central Atlantic.
Aplidium bilinguae		Antarctic.
Aplidium bilingula		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium blochmanni		Mediterranean Sea.
Aplidium brementi		Mediterranean
Aplidium brevilarvacium		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium breviventer		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium caelestis		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Aplidium caeruleum		Mediterranean and the Ant
Aplidium californicum	California sea pork	Pacific Ocean	2 COLD
Aplidium cellis		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium cerebrum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium challengeri		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium chthamalum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium circulatum		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium circumvolutum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium clivosum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium coei		Northeast Pacific
Aplidium colelloides		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium colini		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium complanatum		Antarctic.
Aplidium confusum		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium congregatum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium conicum	Conical sea squirt	Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium coniferum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium constellatum	Northern sea pork	Northwest Pacific and Wes
Aplidium constrictum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium controversum		Western Central Pacific.
Aplidium convergens		Western Indian Ocean.
Aplidium cottrelli		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium crateriferum	Crater sea squirt	Indo-Pacific.
Aplidium crustatum		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium cunhaense		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium cunhense		Southeast Atlantic and An
Aplidium cyaneum		Antarctic and sub-Antarct
Aplidium cyclophorum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium densum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium depressum		Western Pacific.
Aplidium didemniformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium directum		Western Pacific
Aplidium disiphonium		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium distaplium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium draschei		Mediterranean Sea.
Aplidium dubium		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium effrenatum		Southwest Atlantic.
Aplidium elatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium elegans		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium enigmaticum		Atlantic Ocean
Aplidium exiguun		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium exile		Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium falklandicum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium fistulosum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium flavolineatum	Rosette sea squirt	Indo-West Pacific, Southe	1.5 TL
Aplidium fluorescum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium fuegiense	Orange ascidian	Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium fumigatum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium funginum		Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium galeritum		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium gastrolineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium gelasinum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium gelatinosum		Mediterranean Sea.
Aplidium geminatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium gibbulosum		Mediterranean
Aplidium gilvum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium glabrum		Northern Pacific, Northea	7 COLD
Aplidium glaphyrum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium globosum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium gracile		Southwest Atlantic and So
Aplidium griseum		Mediterranean
Aplidium grisiatum		Mediterranean. Western C	7 TL
Aplidium haesitans		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium haouarianum		Mediterranean
Aplidium hians		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium hyalinum		Mediterranean
Aplidium imbutum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium incubatum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium inflorescens		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium intextum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium inversum		Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium irregulare		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Aplidium jacksoni		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium knoxi		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium kottae		Northeast Pacific
Aplidium laevigatum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium lebedi		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium lenticulum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium leviventer		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium lineatum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium litum		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium lobatum		Cosmopolitan.
Aplidium lodix		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium longicaudatum		Antarctic.
Aplidium longithorax		Western Pacific.
Aplidium longum		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Aplidium loricatum		Antarctic.
Aplidium lubricum		Indo-West Pacific.
Aplidium lunacratum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium macrolobatum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium magellanicum	Common sea daisy	Southwest Atlantic and So
Aplidium magnilarvum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium maritimum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium maru		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium mediterraneum		Mediterranean and Atlanti
Aplidium meridianum		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium mernooensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Aplidium millari		Antarctic.
Aplidium minisculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium miripartum		Antarctic.
Aplidium monile		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium monoophorum		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium monotonicum		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium multilineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium multipapillatum		Western Pacific
Aplidium multiplicatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Aplidium multisulcatum		Southwest Atlantic
Aplidium mutabile		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium nadaense		Western Pacific
Aplidium nema		Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium nigrum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium nordmanni		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium nottii		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Aplidium novaezealandiae		Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium ocellatum		Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium octoversum		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium oculatum		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium opacum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium ordinatum		Antarctic.
Aplidium ornatum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium orthium		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium ovum		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Aplidium paessleri		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Aplidium pallidum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium pantherinum		Southeast Atlantic, Indo-
Aplidium paralineatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium parastigmaticum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium parvum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium pellucidum		Southwest Atlantic and So
Aplidium pentatrema		Western Atlantic.	1.2 TL
Aplidium peresi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium peruvianum		Southeast Pacific
Aplidium petrense		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium petrosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium phortax		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium pictum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium pliciferum		Pacific Ocean
Aplidium polybunum		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium polytrema		Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium profundum		Cosmopolitan.
Aplidium proliferum		Cosmopolitan.
Aplidium pronum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium propinquum		Eastern Central Pacific
Aplidium pseudolobatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium pseudoradiatum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium punctum	Orange flake ascidian	Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium pusillum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium quadrisulcatum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium quadriversum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium quinquesulcatum		Atlantic Ocean
Aplidium radiatum		Antarctic.	10 COLD
Aplidium radicosum		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium recumbens		Antarctic, Atlantic and S
Aplidium retiforme		Southeast Atlantic, Antar
Aplidium ritteri		Western Central Pacific.
Aplidium robustum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium rosaceum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium rosarium		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium rubricollum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium rubripunctum		Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium ruzickai		Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium sacciferum		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium sagamiense		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium sagresensis		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium sarasinorum		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium scabellum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium schaudinni		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium scyphus		Western Central Pacific
Aplidium seeligeri		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium siderum		Antarctic.
Aplidium soldatovi		Northwest Pacific.
Aplidium solidum	Red Sea pork	Indo-Pacific. Tropical t	0.3 TL
Aplidium spauldingi		Northeast Pacific.
Aplidium spitzbergense		Northeast Atlantic and No
Aplidium stanleyi		Antarctic Atlantic and So
Aplidium stellatum		Western Atlantic.	20 COLD
Aplidium stelliferum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium stewartense		Southern Pacific, Atlanti
Aplidium tabachniki		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium tabarquensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aplidium tabascum		Indo-West Pacific.
Aplidium tasmaniensis		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium tenuicaudum		Northwest Pacific
Aplidium translucidum		Northeast Atlantic and No
Aplidium traustedti		Southwest Atlantic
Aplidium tridentatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aplidium triggsense		Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium triplex		Antarctic and Southwest A
Aplidium tubiferus		Southwest Indian Ocean.
Aplidium turbinatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Aplidium undulatum		Southwest Atlantic, Indo-
Aplidium unicornum		Southwest Pacific
Aplidium uouo		Eastern Central Pacific
Aplidium urgorrii		Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium uteute		Western Pacific.
Aplidium variabile	Sea chameleon	Southwest Atlantic, South
Aplidium vastum		Antarctic.
Aplidium vemense		Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium vexillum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium vulcanium		Western Central Pacific
Aplidum punctum		Northeast Atlantic.
Homoeodistoma michaelseni		Northwest Pacific
Macrenteron ritteri		Northwest Pacific
Morchellium albidum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Morchellium argus		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Morchellium giardi	Red crust	Southwest Atlantic, South
Morchellium pannosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Morchellium partitionis		Western Central Pacific
Pharyngodictyon bisinus		Western Central Pacific
Pharyngodictyon cauliformis		Western Central Pacific
Pharyngodictyon elongatum		Southwest Pacific
Pharyngodictyon magnifili		Western Central Pacific
Pharyngodictyon mirabile		Southern Atlantic, Southe	0.4 TL
Placentela crystallina		Northwest Pacific
Placentela translucida		Antarctic.
Polyclinella azemai	Colonial sea squirt	Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polyclinum arenosum		Southeast Atlantic and We
Polyclinum aurantium		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polyclinum cerebrale		Southwest Pacific
Polyclinum constellatum		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Polyclinum corbis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum festum		Western Indian Ocean
Polyclinum fungosum		Indo-West Pacific
Polyclinum glabrum		Indo-West Pacific
Polyclinum hospitale		Western Central Pacific
Polyclinum incrustatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum insulsum		Indo-West Pacific
Polyclinum isipingense	Isipingense ascidian	Southeast Atlantic and We	30 WD
Polyclinum johnsoni		Southeast Pacific
Polyclinum lagena		Western Indian Ocean
Polyclinum laxum		Eastern Central Pacific
Polyclinum macrophyllum		Indo-West Pacific.
Polyclinum marsupiale		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum minutum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polyclinum neptunium		Southeast Atlantic
Polyclinum nudum		Southwest Pacific
Polyclinum orbitum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum planum	Elephant ear tunicate	Eastern Central Pacific	20 WD
Polyclinum psammiferum		Western Central Pacific.	3.5 COLD
Polyclinum pute		Central Pacific
Polyclinum sacceum		Western Indian Ocean
Polyclinum saturnium		Northeast Atlantic and In
Polyclinum sibiricum		Northeast Atlantic
Polyclinum sluiteri		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Polyclinum tenuatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum terranum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyclinum tsutsuii		Western Pacific.
Polyclinum vasculosum		Indo-Pacific.
Sidneioides ivicense		Northeast Atlantic and th
Sidneioides japonense		Indo-West Pacific.	6 COLD
Sidneioides snamoti		Northwest Pacific
Sidneioides tamaramae		Indo-West Pacific
Sidnyum elegans		Northeast Atlantic.
Sidnyum pererratum		Antarctic.
Sidnyum radiatum		Antarctic.
Sidnyum turbinatum		Northeast Atlantic and th	1 TL
Synoicum adareanum		Southwest Pacific, Antarc
Synoicum angustum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum apectetum		Southwest Pacific
Synoicum arenaceum		Indo-West Pacific
Synoicum atlanticus		Southeast Atlantic.
Synoicum atopogaster		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum australe		Southeast Atlantic and We
Synoicum beauchampi		Northeast Atlantic
Synoicum blochmanni		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Synoicum bowerbanki		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum buccinum		Western Central Pacific
Synoicum calypsonis		Mediterranean Sea.
Synoicum capense		Southeast Atlantic
Synoicum castellatum		Indo-West Pacific	2 TL
Synoicum chrysanthemum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum citrum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum clavatum		Northwest Pacific.
Synoicum concavitum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum cymosum		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum daucum		Atlantic Ocean
Synoicum derjugini		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum diaphanum		Northeast Atlantic
Synoicum duboscqui		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Synoicum erectum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum floriferum		Western Indian Ocean
Synoicum galei		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum georgianum		Southwest Atlantic, South	0.7 TL
Synoicum hypurgon		Antarctic and Indo-West P
Synoicum incrustatum		Northeast Atlantic
Synoicum intercedens		Pacific Ocean.
Synoicum irregulare		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum jordani		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum kerguelenense		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Synoicum kuranui		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Synoicum laboutei		Western Indian Ocean
Synoicum lacazei		Northeast Atlantic and th
Synoicum longistriatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum macroglossum		Indo-West Pacific
Synoicum obscurum		Indo-West Pacific
Synoicum occidentalis		Southwest Pacific
Synoicum ostentor		Antarctic.
Synoicum otagoensis		Southwest Pacific
Synoicum papilliferum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum parfustis	Peach-coloured compound tunicate	Eastern Pacific
Synoicum pellucidum		Eastern Central Pacific
Synoicum pererratum		Southwest Pacific and the
Synoicum polygyna		Antarctic.
Synoicum pomum		Northeast Atlantic
Synoicum prunum		Western Pacific
Synoicum pulmonaria		Cosmopolitan.	2.5 TL
Synoicum ramulosum		Antarctic.
Synoicum sabuliferum		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum sacculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synoicum sagamianum		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum salivum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Synoicum saxeum		Western Central Pacific
Synoicum solidum		Northwest Pacific
Synoicum suarenum		Western Central Pacific
Synoicum suesanum		Western Indian Ocean.
Synoicum tentaculatum		Antarctic.
Synoicum tropicum		Western Central Pacific.
Synoicum turgens		Northeast Atlantic
Synoicum vibei		Northeast Atlantic

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