Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Didemnum Savigny, 1816

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Didemnum Savigny, 1816

AphiaID

103456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103456)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Didemnidae Giard, 1872

Synonymised names

Didemnium Savgny, 1816 · unaccepted (Literature misspelling)

Didemnoides Drasche, 1883 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Diplosomoides Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Hypurgon Sollas, 1903 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Leptoclinum Milne Edwards, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)

Sarcodidemnoides Oka & Willey, 1892 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Tetradidemnum Della Valle, 1881 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Species Didemnum abradatum Kott, 2007
Species Didemnum ahu Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871)
Species Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum algasedens Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Didemnum amethysteum (Van Name, 1902)
Species Didemnum amourouxi Lafargue, 1976
Species Didemnum apersum Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum apuroto Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum arancium Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum aratore Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum asterix Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum astrum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum augusti Michaelsen, 1920
Species Didemnum aurantiacum Herdman, 1886
Species Didemnum aurantium Rocha & Neves, 2015
Species Didemnum aures Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum bentarti Varela & Ramos-Esplá, 2008
Species Didemnum beringense Romanov, 1977
Species Didemnum biglans (Sluiter, 1906)
Species Didemnum biglutinum Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum bimasculum Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum bisectatum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum brevioris Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Species Didemnum caesium Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum calliginosum Monniot F., 1984
Species Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816
Species Didemnum captivum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Species Didemnum carnulentum Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Didemnum carpenteri (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum caudiculatum Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum cerebrale Michaelsen, 1920
Species Didemnum chartaceum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum chilense Ärnbäck, 1929
Species Didemnum cilicium Kott, 2005
Species Didemnum cineraceum (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Didemnum clavum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883)
Species Didemnum commune (Della Valle, 1877)
Species Didemnum complexum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum conchyliatum (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Didemnum congregatum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum contortum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Species Didemnum coralliforme Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum coriaceum (Drasche, 1883)
Species Didemnum corium Kott, 2005
Species Didemnum crescente Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum cuculliferum (Sluiter, 1909)
Species Didemnum cygnuus Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum dealbatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum delectum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum densum (Nott, 1892)
Species Didemnum dicolla Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Species Didemnum diffundum Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum digestum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum diversum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum dolium Kott, 2008
Species Didemnum domesticum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum drachi Lafargue, 1975
Species Didemnum duplicatum Monniot F., 1983
Species Didemnum ectensum Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum edmondsoni Eldredge, 1967
Species Didemnum edwardsi (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum effusium Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum elikapekae Eldredge, 1967
Species Didemnum elongatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum epikelp Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum etiolum Kott, 1982
Species Didemnum extensum Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum fibriae Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum filiforme Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum flagellatum Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum flammacolor Rocha & Neves, 2015
Species Didemnum flavoviride Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum fragum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum fucatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum fulgens (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Species Didemnum fuscum (Oka, 1931)
Species Didemnum galacteum Lotufo & Dias, 2007
Species Didemnum gayanae Sanamyan, 1999
Species Didemnum gemmiparum Romanov, 1976
Species Didemnum gigas (Della Valle, 1881)
Species Didemnum gintonicum Eldredge, 1967
Species Didemnum globiferum Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum grande (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954
Species Didemnum granulosum (Drasche, 1883)
Species Didemnum guttatum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum halimedae Monniot F., 1983
Species Didemnum helgolandicum Michaelsen, 1921
Species Didemnum herba Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum hiopaa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum immundum Romanov, 1974
Species Didemnum inaequilobatum Daumezon, 1908
Species Didemnum inauratum Monniot F., 1983
Species Didemnum incanum (Herdman, 1899)
Species Didemnum inveteratum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum japonicum (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum jedanense Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum jeffreysi (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum jucundum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum karlae Michaelsen, 1920
Species Didemnum kelleri Michaelsen, 1923
Species Didemnum kurilense Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum lacertosum Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum lacustre Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909
Species Didemnum lambertae Rocha & Neves, 2015
Species Didemnum lambitum (Sluiter, 1900)
Species Didemnum leopardi Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum leopardum Kott, 2005
Species Didemnum levitas Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum ligulum Monniot F., 1983
Species Didemnum lillipution Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum linatum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum linguiferum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum lissoclinum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum lithostrotum Brewin, 1956
Species Didemnum longigaster Rocha & Neves, 2015
Species Didemnum lutarium Van Name, 1910
Species Didemnum macrosiphonium Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum macrospiculatum Tokioka, 1967
Species Didemnum maculatum (Nott, 1892)
Species Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Species Didemnum madagascariense Brunetti, 2007
Species Didemnum madeleinae Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Didemnum magnetae Hastings, 1931
Species Didemnum mantile Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum marineae Page, 2018
Species Didemnum megaductus Romanov, 1974
Species Didemnum megasterix Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum mekeald Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum membranaceum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum mesembrinum Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum microthoracicum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum millari Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Didemnum minisculum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum minispirale Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum misakiense (Oka & Willey, 1892)
Species Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum monile Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum montosum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum moseleyi (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum multiampullae Kott, 2008
Species Didemnum multispirale Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum mutabile Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum nambucciensis Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum neglectum Herdman, 1886
Species Didemnum nekozita Tokioka, 1967
Species Didemnum nigricans Monniot F., 1995
Species Didemnum nigrum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum nivale Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum nocturnum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Species Didemnum oblitum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum obscurum Monniot F., 1969
Species Didemnum ossium Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum paa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum pacificum Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum papillatum Romanov, 1974
Species Didemnum parancium Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum parau Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum pardum Tokioka, 1962
Species Didemnum partitum Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum parvum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Didemnum patulum (Herdman, 1899)
Species Didemnum pecten Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum pellucidum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum perlucidum Monniot F., 1983
Species Didemnum perplexum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum perspicuum Giard, 1873
Species Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913
Species Didemnum pica Brunetti, 2007
Species Didemnum pitipiri Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum plebeium Kott, 2005
Species Didemnum poecilomorpha Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum polare Hartmeyer, 1903
Species Didemnum precocinum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum protectum (Daumézon, 1908)
Species Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895)
Species Didemnum pseudobiglans Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970
Species Didemnum pseudovexillum Turon & Viard, 2020
Species Didemnum quincunciale Michaelsen, 1920
Species Didemnum recurvatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum risirense Nishikawa, 1990
Species Didemnum roberti Michaelsen, 1930
Species Didemnum rochai Paiva et al., 2015
Species Didemnum rodriguesi Rocha & Monniot F., 1993
Species Didemnum romssae Marks, 1996
Species Didemnum roseum Sars, 1851
Species Didemnum rota Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum rottnesti Kott, 1962
Species Didemnum rubeum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum sachalinense Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum sanakiensis Sanamyan, 1999
Species Didemnum santaelenae Van Name, 1945
Species Didemnum scopi Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum semifuscum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum siphonale Tokioka, 1967
Species Didemnum sordidum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum spadix Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum speciosum (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum sphaericum Tokioka, 1967
Species Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum spumante Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum spumosum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum stercoratum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Didemnum stilense Michaelsen, 1934
Species Didemnum stragulum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum studeri Hartmeyer, 1911
Species Didemnum subflavum (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum subtile Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum sucosum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum tabulatum Sluiter, 1909
Species Didemnum tantulum Kott, 2007
Species Didemnum tapetum Kott, 2008
Species Didemnum tenue (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum ternerratum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum tetrahedrum Dias & Rodrigues, 2004
Species Didemnum theca Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum thomsoni Herdman, 1886
Species Didemnum tigrinoides Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum toafene Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886)
Species Didemnum torresii (Sluiter, 1895)
Species Didemnum tortile Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum translucidum Tokioka, 1953
Species Didemnum transparentum Romanov, 1977
Species Didemnum trispirale Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum tuberatum (Nott, 1892)
Species Didemnum tumulatum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum usitatum Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum uturoa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum vahatuio Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Didemnum valgum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2008
Species Didemnum vanderhorsti Van Name, 1924
Species Didemnum velans Michaelsen, 1920
Species Didemnum velum Kott, 2008
Species Didemnum verdantum Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum vermiforme Romanov, 1989
Species Didemnum vesica Kott, 2007
Species Didemnum vesperi Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002
Species Didemnum via Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum viride (Herdman, 1906)
Species Didemnum vulgare Kott, 2001
Species Didemnum yolky Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1997
Species Didemnum annectens (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816 (new combination)
Species Didemnum anoi Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987 accepted as Didemnum nekozita Tokioka, 1967 (original combination)
Species Didemnum arafurensis Tokioka, 1952 accepted as Polysyncraton arafurensis (Tokioka, 1952) (original combination)
Species Didemnum areolatum Tokioka, 1953 accepted as Trididemnum areolatum (Herdman, 1906) (junior homonym)
Species Didemnum areolatum Herdman, 1906 accepted as Trididemnum areolatum (Herdman, 1906) (original combination)
Species Didemnum asperum (Milne Edwards, 1841) accepted as Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841) (synonym)
Species Didemnum aspiculatum Tokioka, 1949 accepted as Polysyncraton aspiculatum (Tokioka, 1949) (original combination)
Species Didemnum atrocanum Van Name, 1902 accepted as Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum bicolor Vasseur, 1969 accepted as Didemnum madagascariense Brunetti, 2007 (name preoccupied by Drasche 1883:32)
Species Didemnum bicolor Kott, 2001 accepted as Didemnum pica Brunetti, 2007 (preoccupied name by Drasche, 1883)
Species Didemnum bistratum Sluiter, 1905 accepted as Lissoclinum bistratum (Sluiter, 1905) (original combination)
Species Didemnum cereum Giard, 1872 accepted as Trididemnum cereum (Giard, 1872) (original combination)
Species Didemnum chondrilla Michaelsen, 1924 accepted as Polysyncraton chondrilla (Michaelsen, 1924) (original combination)
Species Didemnum cuspidatum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Leptoclinides cuspidatus (Sluiter, 1909) (misspelling)
Species Didemnum dentatum (Della Valle, 1877) accepted as Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Species Didemnum dispersum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Trididemnum dispersum (Sluiter, 1909) (original combination)
Species Didemnum dorotubu Tokioka, 1967 accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (synonym proposed by Kott, 2001: 229)
Species Didemnum dubium Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Leptoclinides dubius (Sluiter, 1909)
Species Didemnum fallax Lahille, 1890 accepted as Trididemnum fallax (Lahille, 1890) accepted as Trididemnum cereum (Giard, 1872) (original combination)
Species Didemnum farrago Kott, 2004 accepted as Trididemnum farrago Kott, 2004
Species Didemnum fragilis Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909 (incorrect original spelling)
Species Didemnum fraternum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum membranaceum Sluiter, 1909 (original combination)
Species Didemnum frondescens Hartmeyer, 1911 accepted as Trididemnum sibogae (Hartmeyer, 1910) (replacement name)
Species Didemnum fucatus Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum fucatum Sluiter, 1909 (incorrect original spelling)
Species Didemnum fusiferum Van Name, 1921 accepted as Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816 (original combination)
Species Didemnum gaussi Michaelsen, 1919 accepted as Didemnum biglans (Sluiter, 1906) (original combination)
Species Didemnum gelatinosum (Milne Edwards, 1841) accepted as Diplosoma listerianum (Milne Edwards, 1841) (new combination)
Species Didemnum gottschaldti Hartmeyer, 1909 accepted as Didemnum studeri Hartmeyer, 1911 (original combination)
Species Didemnum gottschaldti Tokioka, 1950 accepted as Lissoclinum bistratum (Sluiter, 1905) (junior homonym)
Species Didemnum graphicum Lahille, 1890 accepted as Trididemnum graphicum Lahille, 1890 accepted as Trididemnum cereum (Giard, 1872) (original combination)
Species Didemnum grassei Harant, 1931 accepted as Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883) (original combination)
Species Didemnum inarmatum Drasche, 1883 accepted as Trididemnum inarmatum (Drasche, 1883) (original combination)
Species Didemnum jedanensis Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum jedanense Sluiter, 1909 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum leopardus Kott, 2005 accepted as Didemnum leopardum Kott, 2005 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum lilipution Kott, 2004 accepted as Didemnum lillipution Kott, 2004 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum lucidum Van Name, 1902 accepted as Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum maeandrium Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Lissoclinum patella (Gottschaldt, 1898) (original combination)
Species Didemnum magnilarvum Millar, 1962 accepted as Polysyncraton magnilarvum (Millar, 1962) (original combination)
Species Didemnum makropnous Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum grande (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum margaritiferae (Herdman, 1906) accepted as Leptoclinides dubius (Sluiter, 1909) (new combination)
Species Didemnum milleporae Vasseur, 1969 accepted as Polysyncraton milleporae Vasseur, 1969 (new combination)
Species Didemnum mortenseni Michaelsen, 1924 accepted as Polysyncraton mortenseni (Michaelsen, 1924) (synonym)
Species Didemnum niveum Giard, 1872 accepted as Trididemnum cereum (Giard, 1872) (original combination)
Species Didemnum novaeseelandiae Hartmeyer, 1909 accepted as Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816 (original combination)
Species Didemnum opacum Ritter, 1907 accepted as Trididemnum opacum (Ritter, 1907) (original combination)
Species Didemnum orbiculatum Van Name, 1902 accepted as Trididemnum orbiculatum (Van Name, 1902) (original combination)
Species Didemnum paradoxum (Nott, 1892) accepted as Polysyncraton paradoxum Nott, 1892 (new combination)
Species Didemnum patalum (Herdman, 1899) accepted as Didemnum patulum (Herdman, 1899)
Species Didemnum patella (Gottschaldt, 1898) accepted as Lissoclinum patella (Gottschaldt, 1898) (new combination)
Species Didemnum pele Eldredge, 1967 accepted as Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954 (original combination)
Species Didemnum perforatum (Giard, 1872) accepted as Lissoclinum perforatum (Giard, 1872) (new combination)
Species Didemnum peyreffitense Brément, 1913 accepted as Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum peyrefittensis Brement, 1913 accepted as Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913 (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum porites Van Name, 1902 accepted as Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum posidoniae Medioni, 1970 accepted as Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883) (original combination)
Species Didemnum productum Monniot F., 1995 accepted as Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum proliferum Kott, 1981 accepted as Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909 (original combination)
Species Didemnum psamathodes (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum psammathodes (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum psammatode (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (misspelled name, corrected by the author)
Species Didemnum pseudodiplosoma Kott, 1962 accepted as Trididemnum pseudodiplosoma (Kott, 1962) (original combination)
Species Didemnum pulvinum Tokioka, 1954 accepted as Lissoclinum bistratum (Sluiter, 1905) (replacement name)
Species Didemnum ramosum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Trididemnum sibogae (Hartmeyer, 1910) (original combination)
Species Didemnum ramosum Gottschaldt, 1898 accepted as Leptoclinides ramosum (Gottschaldt, 1898) (original combination)
Species Didemnum resinaceum (Drasche, 1883) accepted as Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909 (new combination)
Species Didemnum reticulatum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Leptoclinides reticulatus (Sluiter, 1909) (original combination)
Species Didemnum sagamiana Tokioka, 1953 accepted as Polysyncraton sagamiana (Tokioka, 1953) (original combination)
Species Didemnum sargassicola Giard, 1872 accepted as Trididemnum cereum (Giard, 1872) (original combination)
Species Didemnum savignii Herdman, 1886 accepted as Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum savignyi Herdman, 1886 accepted as Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886) (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum scidula (Sluiter, 1900) accepted as Didemnum tuberatum (Nott, 1892) (new combination)
Species Didemnum sibogae Hartmeyer, 1910 accepted as Trididemnum sibogae (Hartmeyer, 1910) (replacement name)
Species Didemnum simaense Tokioka, 1949 accepted as Polysyncraton aspiculatum (Tokioka, 1949) (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum simaensis Tokioka, 1949 accepted as Polysyncraton aspiculatum (Tokioka, 1949) (original combination)
Species Didemnum siphoniatum (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatode (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (new combination)
Species Didemnum skeati (Sollas, 1903) accepted as Didemnum psammatode (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (new combination)
Species Didemnum solidum Van Name, 1902 accepted as Trididemnum solidum (Van Name, 1902) (original combination)
Species Didemnum spongioide Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, 1909 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum spongoides Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, 1909 (misspelling)
Species Didemnum strangulatum Ritter, 1901 accepted as Trididemnum strangulatum (Ritter, 1901) (original combination)
Species Didemnum stylifera Kowalevsky, 1874 accepted as Distaplia stylifera (Kowalevsky, 1874) (literature misspelling)
Species Didemnum styliferum Kowalevsky, 1874 accepted as Distaplia stylifera (Kowalevsky, 1874) (original combination)
Species Didemnum sycon Michaelsen, 1920 accepted as Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886) (original combination)
Species Didemnum tenebricosum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Trididemnum tenebricosum (Sluiter, 1909) (original combination)
Species Didemnum ternatanum (Gottschaldt, 1898) accepted as Lissoclinum patella (Gottschaldt, 1898) (new combination)
Species Didemnum timorensis Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Lissoclinum timorense (Sluiter, 1909) (original combination)
Species Didemnum trivolutum Millar, 1960 accepted as Polysyncraton trivolutum (Millar, 1960) (original combination)
Species Didemnum turritum Sluiter, 1909 accepted as Didemnum membranaceum Sluiter, 1909 (original combination)
Species Didemnum venosum Sluiter, 1913 accepted as Didemnum psammatode (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) (original combination)
Species Didemnum vestitum Kott, 2004 accepted as Didemnum vestum Kott, 2004 accepted as Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002
Species Didemnum vestum Kott, 2004 accepted as Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002 (synonym)
Species Didemnum viscosum Savigny, 1816 accepted as Diplosoma viscosum (Savigny, 1816) (original combination)
Species Didemnum voeltzkowi Michaelsen, 1920 accepted as Lissoclinum timorense (Sluiter, 1909) (original combination)
Species Didemnum wandeli Hartmeyer, 1924 accepted as Lissoclinum wandeli Hartmeyer, 1924 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Didemnum yolki Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1997 accepted as Didemnum yolky Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1997

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239.
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103456 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239.
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]

original description (of Didemnoides Drasche, 1883) Drasche, R. (1883). Die Synascidien der Bucht von Rovigno (Istrien). In: Ein Beitrag zur Fauna der Adria. Wien: Carl Gerolds Sohn. 41 pp. [details]

original description (of Diplosomoides Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]

original description (of Hypurgon Sollas, 1903) Sollas, I.B.J. (1903). On Hypurgon skeati, a new genus and species of compound ascidians. Quarterly Journal of the Microscopical Society. 46: 729-735. [details]

original description (of Sarcodidemnoides Oka & Willey, 1892) Oka, A.; Willey, A. (1892). On a new genus of Synascidians from Japan. Quart. J. Microsc. Sci. 33(2): 313-324. [details]

original description (of Tetradidemnum Della Valle, 1881) Della Valle, A. (1881). Nouve contribuzioni alla storia naturale delle ascidie composte del Golfo di Napoli. Atti Accad. Lincei. 3(10): 431-498. [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ウスボヤ属	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	skorpesekkdyr	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	skorpesekkdyr	[details]
Russian	Дидемнум	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Didemnum)
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To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093943)
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Unreviewed

Didemnum

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093943)

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