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Family: Didemnidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Clitella nutricula []	No picture found Didemnopsis sansibaricum []	No picture found Didemnum ahu []
No picture found Didemnum albidum [Northern white crust]	No picture found Didemnum albopunctatum []	No picture found Didemnum algasedens []
No picture found Didemnum amethysteum []	No picture found Didemnum amourouxi []	No picture found Didemnum anoi []
No picture found Didemnum apersum []	No picture found Didemnum apuroto []	No picture found Didemnum arancium []
No picture found Didemnum aratore []	No picture found Didemnum asterix []	No picture found Didemnum astrum []
No picture found Didemnum aures []	No picture found Didemnum bentarti []	No picture found Didemnum bicolor []
No picture found Didemnum biglans []	No picture found Didemnum biglutinum []	No picture found Didemnum bimasculum []
No picture found Didemnum bisectatum []	No picture found Didemnum brevioris []	No picture found Didemnum caesium []
No picture found Didemnum candidum [White didemnid]	No picture found Didemnum captivum []	No picture found Didemnum carnulentum [Pacific white crust]
No picture found Didemnum caudiculatum []	No picture found Didemnum cerebrale []	No picture found Didemnum chartaceum []
No picture found Didemnum chilense []	No picture found Didemnum cilicium []	No picture found Didemnum cineraceum []
No picture found Didemnum clavum []	No picture found Didemnum coccineum []	No picture found Didemnum commune []
No picture found Didemnum complexum []	No picture found Didemnum conchyliatum [White speck tunicate]	No picture found Didemnum congregatum []
No picture found Didemnum contortum []	No picture found Didemnum coralliforme []	No picture found Didemnum coriaceum []
No picture found Didemnum corium []	No picture found Didemnum crescente []	No picture found Didemnum cuculliferum [Colony sea squirt]
No picture found Didemnum cygnuus []	No picture found Didemnum dealbatum []	No picture found Didemnum delectum []
No picture found Didemnum densum []	No picture found Didemnum dicolla []	No picture found Didemnum diffundum []
No picture found Didemnum diversum []	No picture found Didemnum domesticum []	No picture found Didemnum dorotubu []
No picture found Didemnum drachi []	No picture found Didemnum duplicatum []	No picture found Didemnum ectensum []
No picture found Didemnum edmondsoni []	No picture found Didemnum effusium []	No picture found Didemnum elikapekae []
No picture found Didemnum elongatum []	No picture found Didemnum epikelp []	No picture found Didemnum etiolum []
No picture found Didemnum fibriae []	No picture found Didemnum filiforme []	No picture found Didemnum flavoviride []
No picture found Didemnum fragile []	No picture found Didemnum fragum []	No picture found Didemnum fucatum []
No picture found Didemnum fulgens []	No picture found Didemnum fuscum []	No picture found Didemnum gelatinosum []
No picture found Didemnum gemmiparum []	No picture found Didemnum gintonicum []	No picture found Didemnum globiferum []
No picture found Didemnum grande []	No picture found Didemnum granulatum []	No picture found Didemnum granulosum []
No picture found Didemnum guttatum []	No picture found Didemnum halimedae []	No picture found Didemnum helgolandicum []
No picture found Didemnum herba []	No picture found Didemnum hiopaa []	No picture found Didemnum immundum []
No picture found Didemnum inaequilobatum []	No picture found Didemnum inauratum []	No picture found Didemnum incanum []
No picture found Didemnum inveteratum []	No picture found Didemnum japonicum []	No picture found Didemnum jedanense []
No picture found Didemnum jucundum []	No picture found Didemnum kurilense []	No picture found Didemnum lacertosum []
No picture found Didemnum lahillei []	No picture found Didemnum lambitum []	No picture found Didemnum leopardi []
No picture found Didemnum leopardus []	No picture found Didemnum levitas []	No picture found Didemnum ligulum []
No picture found Didemnum lillipution []	No picture found Didemnum linatum []	No picture found Didemnum linguiferum []
No picture found Didemnum lissoclinum []	No picture found Didemnum lithostrotum []	No picture found Didemnum macrosiphonium []
No picture found Didemnum macrospiculatum []	No picture found Didemnum maculatum []	No picture found Didemnum maculosum []
No picture found Didemnum madeleinae []	No picture found Didemnum magnilarvum []	No picture found Didemnum mantile []
No picture found Didemnum megaductus []	No picture found Didemnum megasterix []	Didemnum membranaceum []
No picture found Didemnum mesembrinum []	No picture found Didemnum microthoracicum []	No picture found Didemnum millari []
No picture found Didemnum milleporae []	No picture found Didemnum minisculum []	No picture found Didemnum minispirale []
No picture found Didemnum misakiense []	Didemnum molle [Green urn ascidian]	No picture found Didemnum monile []
No picture found Didemnum moseleyi [White colonial tunicate]	No picture found Didemnum multispirale []	No picture found Didemnum mutabile []
No picture found Didemnum nambucciensis []	No picture found Didemnum nekozita []	No picture found Didemnum nigricans []
No picture found Didemnum nigrum []	No picture found Didemnum niveum []	No picture found Didemnum nocturnum []
No picture found Didemnum oblitum []	No picture found Didemnum obscurum [Orange lattice ascidian]	No picture found Didemnum ossium []
No picture found Didemnum paa []	No picture found Didemnum pacificum []	No picture found Didemnum papillatum []
No picture found Didemnum parancium []	No picture found Didemnum parau []	No picture found Didemnum pardum []
No picture found Didemnum parvum []	No picture found Didemnum patulum []	No picture found Didemnum pecten []
No picture found Didemnum pele []	No picture found Didemnum pellucidum []	No picture found Didemnum perlucidum [White crust tunicate]
No picture found Didemnum perplexum []	No picture found Didemnum perspicuum []	No picture found Didemnum peyrefittense []
No picture found Didemnum pitipiri []	No picture found Didemnum plebium []	No picture found Didemnum poecilomorpha []
No picture found Didemnum polare []	No picture found Didemnum precocinum []	No picture found Didemnum protectum []
No picture found Didemnum psammatodes []	No picture found Didemnum pseudobiglans []	No picture found Didemnum pseudofulgens []
No picture found Didemnum quincunciale []	No picture found Didemnum recurvatum []	No picture found Didemnum roberti []
No picture found Didemnum rodriguesi []	No picture found Didemnum romssae []	No picture found Didemnum roseum []
No picture found Didemnum rota []	No picture found Didemnum rubeum []	No picture found Didemnum sachalinense []
No picture found Didemnum santaelenae []	No picture found Didemnum scopi []	No picture found Didemnum siphonale []
No picture found Didemnum sordidum []	No picture found Didemnum spadix []	No picture found Didemnum speciosum []
No picture found Didemnum sphaericum []	No picture found Didemnum spongoides []	No picture found Didemnum spumante []
No picture found Didemnum spumosum []	No picture found Didemnum stercoratum []	No picture found Didemnum stilense []
No picture found Didemnum stragulum []	No picture found Didemnum studeri [White sea crust]	No picture found Didemnum subflavum []
No picture found Didemnum sucosum []	No picture found Didemnum tabulatum []	No picture found Didemnum tenue []
No picture found Didemnum ternerratum []	No picture found Didemnum tetrahedrum []	No picture found Didemnum theca []
No picture found Didemnum toafene []	No picture found Didemnum tonga []	No picture found Didemnum translucidum []
No picture found Didemnum transparentum []	No picture found Didemnum trispirale []	No picture found Didemnum trivolutum []
No picture found Didemnum tuberatum []	No picture found Didemnum tumulatum []	No picture found Didemnum usitatum []
No picture found Didemnum uturoa []	No picture found Didemnum vahatuio []	No picture found Didemnum vanderhorsti []
No picture found Didemnum velans []	No picture found Didemnum verdantum []	No picture found Didemnum vermiforme []
No picture found Didemnum vesperi []	No picture found Didemnum vestum [Compound sea squirt]	No picture found Didemnum vexillum []
No picture found Didemnum via []	No picture found Didemnum viride []	No picture found Didemnum vulgare []
No picture found Didemnum yolky []	No picture found Diplosoma abbotti []	No picture found Diplosoma antarcticum []
No picture found Diplosoma ata []	No picture found Diplosoma carnosum []	No picture found Diplosoma fecundum []
No picture found Diplosoma ferrugeum []	No picture found Diplosoma gelatinosa []	No picture found Diplosoma glandulosum []
No picture found Diplosoma handi []	No picture found Diplosoma hiatti []	No picture found Diplosoma lafargueae []
Diplosoma listerianum [Gray encrusting compound tunicate]	No picture found Diplosoma longinquum []	No picture found Diplosoma lukini []
No picture found Diplosoma marsupiale []	No picture found Diplosoma matie []	No picture found Diplosoma migrans []
No picture found Diplosoma mitsukuri []	No picture found Diplosoma modestum []	No picture found Diplosoma multipapillata []
No picture found Diplosoma multitestis []	No picture found Diplosoma ooru []	No picture found Diplosoma pannosum []
No picture found Diplosoma pizoni []	No picture found Diplosoma ponticum []	No picture found Diplosoma redika []
No picture found Diplosoma simile []	No picture found Diplosoma simileguwa []	No picture found Diplosoma singulare []
No picture found Diplosoma spongiforme [Jelly synascidian]	No picture found Diplosoma translucidum []	No picture found Diplosoma unitestis []
No picture found Diplosoma variostigmatum []	No picture found Diplosoma velatum []	No picture found Diplosoma versicolor []
No picture found Diplosoma virens []	No picture found Leptoclinides aciculus []	No picture found Leptoclinides albamaculatus []
No picture found Leptoclinides apertus []	No picture found Leptoclinides aspiculatum []	No picture found Leptoclinides brandi []
No picture found Leptoclinides caelestis []	No picture found Leptoclinides capensis []	No picture found Leptoclinides carduus []
No picture found Leptoclinides cavernosus []	No picture found Leptoclinides coelenteratus []	No picture found Leptoclinides comitus []
No picture found Leptoclinides compactus []	No picture found Leptoclinides complexus []	No picture found Leptoclinides confirmatus []
No picture found Leptoclinides constellatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides cucurbitus []	No picture found Leptoclinides cuspidatus []
No picture found Leptoclinides decoratus []	No picture found Leptoclinides dubius []	No picture found Leptoclinides duminus []
No picture found Leptoclinides durus []	No picture found Leptoclinides echinus []	No picture found Leptoclinides erinaceus []
No picture found Leptoclinides exiguus []	No picture found Leptoclinides faeroensis []	No picture found Leptoclinides frustus []
No picture found Leptoclinides fungiformis []	No picture found Leptoclinides grandistellus []	No picture found Leptoclinides hawaiensis []
No picture found Leptoclinides imperfectus []	No picture found Leptoclinides kerguelenensis []	No picture found Leptoclinides kingi []
No picture found Leptoclinides levitatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides lissus []	No picture found Leptoclinides longicollis []
No picture found Leptoclinides macrotestis []	No picture found Leptoclinides maculatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides madara [Zebra colonial tunicate]
No picture found Leptoclinides magnistellus []	No picture found Leptoclinides marmoratus []	No picture found Leptoclinides minimus []
No picture found Leptoclinides multilobatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides multipapillatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides oscitans []
No picture found Leptoclinides placidus []	No picture found Leptoclinides prunus []	No picture found Leptoclinides pulvinus []
No picture found Leptoclinides quadratum []	No picture found Leptoclinides reticulatus [Encrusting sea squirts]	No picture found Leptoclinides rigidus []
No picture found Leptoclinides robiginis []	No picture found Leptoclinides rufus []	No picture found Leptoclinides seminudus []
No picture found Leptoclinides subviridis []	No picture found Leptoclinides sulawesii []	No picture found Leptoclinides tuberculatus []
No picture found Leptoclinides tulearensis []	No picture found Leptoclinides umbrosus []	No picture found Leptoclinides uniorbis []
No picture found Leptoclinides unitestis []	No picture found Leptoclinides variegatus []	No picture found Leptoclinides volvus []
No picture found Leptoclinum albidum []	No picture found Leptoclinum bistratum []	No picture found Leptoclinum protectum []
No picture found Leptoclinum psammatodes []	No picture found Lissoclinum abdominale []	No picture found Lissoclinum agriculum []
No picture found Lissoclinum argyllense []	No picture found Lissoclinum aureum []	No picture found Lissoclinum badium []
No picture found Lissoclinum bilobatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum bistratum []	No picture found Lissoclinum caliginosum []
No picture found Lissoclinum calycis []	No picture found Lissoclinum caulleryi []	No picture found Lissoclinum cavum []
No picture found Lissoclinum clavatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum coactum []	No picture found Lissoclinum concavum []
No picture found Lissoclinum conchylium []	No picture found Lissoclinum cornutum []	No picture found Lissoclinum diversum []
No picture found Lissoclinum durabile []	No picture found Lissoclinum fragile []	No picture found Lissoclinum guinense []
No picture found Lissoclinum japonicum []	No picture found Lissoclinum karenae []	No picture found Lissoclinum laneum []
No picture found Lissoclinum levitum []	No picture found Lissoclinum limosum []	No picture found Lissoclinum maculatum []
No picture found Lissoclinum marpum []	No picture found Lissoclinum mereti []	No picture found Lissoclinum multifidum []
No picture found Lissoclinum nebulosum []	No picture found Lissoclinum ostrearium []	No picture found Lissoclinum pacificense []
No picture found Lissoclinum patella []	No picture found Lissoclinum perforatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum philippinense []
No picture found Lissoclinum polyorchis []	No picture found Lissoclinum pseudoleptoclinum []	No picture found Lissoclinum punctatum []
No picture found Lissoclinum ravarava []	No picture found Lissoclinum reginum []	No picture found Lissoclinum roseum []
No picture found Lissoclinum rubrum []	No picture found Lissoclinum scopulosum []	No picture found Lissoclinum sente []
No picture found Lissoclinum spongium []	No picture found Lissoclinum stellatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum taratara []
No picture found Lissoclinum tasmanense []	No picture found Lissoclinum textile []	No picture found Lissoclinum textrinum []
No picture found Lissoclinum timorense []	No picture found Lissoclinum triangulum []	No picture found Lissoclinum tuheiavae []
No picture found Lissoclinum tunicatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum vareau []	No picture found Lissoclinum variabile []
No picture found Lissoclinum verrilli []	No picture found Lissoclinum vulgare []	Lissoclinum weigelei []
No picture found Polysyncraton adelon []	No picture found Polysyncraton alingulum []	No picture found Polysyncraton amethysteum []
No picture found Polysyncraton arafurensis []	No picture found Polysyncraton arvum []	No picture found Polysyncraton asperum []
No picture found Polysyncraton aspiculatum []	No picture found Polysyncraton asterix []	No picture found Polysyncraton bilobatum []
No picture found Polysyncraton canetense []	No picture found Polysyncraton catillum []	No picture found Polysyncraton cerebellum []
No picture found Polysyncraton chondrilla []	No picture found Polysyncraton circulum []	No picture found Polysyncraton cuculliferum []
No picture found Polysyncraton dentatum []	No picture found Polysyncraton discoides []	No picture found Polysyncraton dromide []
No picture found Polysyncraton fadeevi []	No picture found Polysyncraton flammeum []	No picture found Polysyncraton galaxum []
No picture found Polysyncraton glaucum []	No picture found Polysyncraton haranti []	No picture found Polysyncraton hartmeyeri []
No picture found Polysyncraton infundibulum []	No picture found Polysyncraton jugosum []	No picture found Polysyncraton kashenkoi []
No picture found Polysyncraton krylatkae []	Polysyncraton lacazei []	No picture found Polysyncraton linere []
No picture found Polysyncraton lodix []	No picture found Polysyncraton longitubis []	No picture found Polysyncraton luteum []
No picture found Polysyncraton magnetae []	No picture found Polysyncraton meandratum []	No picture found Polysyncraton millepore []
No picture found Polysyncraton miniastrum []	No picture found Polysyncraton montanum []	No picture found Polysyncraton mortenseni []
No picture found Polysyncraton multiforme []	No picture found Polysyncraton nigropunctatum []	No picture found Polysyncraton niveum []
No picture found Polysyncraton oceanium []	No picture found Polysyncraton orbiculum []	No picture found Polysyncraton otuetue []
No picture found Polysyncraton palliolum []	No picture found Polysyncraton papyrus []	No picture found Polysyncraton paramushiri []
No picture found Polysyncraton pavimentum []	No picture found Polysyncraton pedunculatum []	No picture found Polysyncraton peristroma []
No picture found Polysyncraton polysystema []	No picture found Polysyncraton pontoniae []	No picture found Polysyncraton pseudomagnetae []
No picture found Polysyncraton pseudorugosum []	No picture found Polysyncraton pulchrum []	No picture found Polysyncraton purou []
No picture found Polysyncraton reedi []	No picture found Polysyncraton regulum []	No picture found Polysyncraton reticulum []
No picture found Polysyncraton rica []	No picture found Polysyncraton robustum []	No picture found Polysyncraton rostrum []
No picture found Polysyncraton rubitapum []	No picture found Polysyncraton rugosum []	No picture found Polysyncraton scobinum []
No picture found Polysyncraton scorteum []	No picture found Polysyncraton sideris []	No picture found Polysyncraton tasmanense []
No picture found Polysyncraton tegetum []	No picture found Polysyncraton tenuicutis []	No picture found Polysyncraton textus []
No picture found Polysyncraton thallomorpha []	No picture found Polysyncraton tokiokai []	No picture found Polysyncraton trivolutum []
No picture found Polysyncraton tubiporae []	No picture found Polysyncraton turris []	No picture found Polysyncraton vestiens []
No picture found Polysyncraton victoriensis []	No picture found Trididemnum alexi [Speckled compound tunicate]	No picture found Trididemnum alleni []
No picture found Trididemnum amiculum []	No picture found Trididemnum areolatum []	No picture found Trididemnum auriculatum []
No picture found Trididemnum banneri []	No picture found Trididemnum caelatum []	No picture found Trididemnum cerebriforme []
No picture found Trididemnum cereum []	No picture found Trididemnum clinides []	No picture found Trididemnum cristatum []
No picture found Trididemnum crystallinum []	No picture found Trididemnum cyanophorum []	No picture found Trididemnum cyclops []
No picture found Trididemnum delesseriae []	No picture found Trididemnum discrepans []	No picture found Trididemnum dispersum []
No picture found Trididemnum duci []	No picture found Trididemnum fallax []	No picture found Trididemnum farrago []
No picture found Trididemnum fetia []	No picture found Trididemnum graphicum []	No picture found Trididemnum hians []
No picture found Trididemnum inarmatum []	No picture found Trididemnum inermum []	No picture found Trididemnum lapidosum []
No picture found Trididemnum maragogi []	No picture found Trididemnum marmoratum []	No picture found Trididemnum mellitum []
No picture found Trididemnum meridionale []	No picture found Trididemnum microzoa []	No picture found Trididemnum miniatum []
No picture found Trididemnum natalense []	No picture found Trididemnum nobile []	No picture found Trididemnum nubilum []
No picture found Trididemnum nubis []	No picture found Trididemnum opacum []	No picture found Trididemnum orbiculatum []
No picture found Trididemnum paraclinides []	No picture found Trididemnum paracyclops []	No picture found Trididemnum pedunculatum []
No picture found Trididemnum pigmentatum []	No picture found Trididemnum planum []	No picture found Trididemnum polyorchis []
No picture found Trididemnum poma []	No picture found Trididemnum profundum []	No picture found Trididemnum propinquum []
No picture found Trididemnum pseudodiplosoma []	No picture found Trididemnum pusillum []	No picture found Trididemnum reticulatum []
No picture found Trididemnum roseum []	No picture found Trididemnum savignii []	No picture found Trididemnum sibogae []
No picture found Trididemnum solidum [Overgrowing mat tunicate]	No picture found Trididemnum spongia []	No picture found Trididemnum spumosum []
No picture found Trididemnum strangulatum []	No picture found Trididemnum strigosum []	No picture found Trididemnum tectum []
No picture found Trididemnum tenerum []	No picture found Trididemnum thetidis []	No picture found Trididemnum tomarahi []
No picture found Trididemnum translucidum []	No picture found Trididemnum vahaereere []	No picture found Trididemnum vostoki []

516 Species of Family Didemnidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Clitella nutricula		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnopsis sansibaricum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum ahu		Western Pacific and South
Didemnum albidum	Northern white crust	Indo-Pacific, Northern At
Didemnum albopunctatum		Indo-Pacific.	0.0035 WD
Didemnum algasedens		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum amethysteum		Western Central Atlantic
Didemnum amourouxi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum anoi		Eastern Central Pacific
Didemnum apersum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum apuroto		Western Pacific
Didemnum arancium		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum aratore		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum asterix		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum astrum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum aures		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum bentarti		Antarctic.
Didemnum bicolor		Indian Ocean
Didemnum biglans		Antarctic.
Didemnum biglutinum		Western Central Pacific.
Didemnum bimasculum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum bisectatum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum brevioris		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum caesium		Indo-Pacific.
Didemnum candidum	White didemnid	Cosmopolitan.	0.5 COLD
Didemnum captivum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum carnulentum	Pacific white crust	Eastern Pacific and North	12.5 COLD
Didemnum caudiculatum		Western Pacific
Didemnum cerebrale		Indo-Pacific.
Didemnum chartaceum		Indo-Pacific.
Didemnum chilense		Western North America. S
Didemnum cilicium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum cineraceum		Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Didemnum clavum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum coccineum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum commune		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum complexum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum conchyliatum	White speck tunicate	Western Central Atlantic.
Didemnum congregatum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum contortum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum coralliforme		Indo-West Pacific	0.005 WD
Didemnum coriaceum		Cosmopolitan.
Didemnum corium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum crescente		Indo-West Pacific	0.0062 WD
Didemnum cuculliferum	Colony sea squirt	Western Central Pacific.	2 COLD
Didemnum cygnuus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum dealbatum		Indo-Pacific
Didemnum delectum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0035 WD
Didemnum densum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum dicolla		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum diffundum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum diversum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum domesticum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum dorotubu		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum drachi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum duplicatum		Western Central Atlantic
Didemnum ectensum		Northern Pacific
Didemnum edmondsoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Didemnum effusium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum elikapekae		Eastern Central Pacific
Didemnum elongatum		Indo-West Pacific	0.01 WD
Didemnum epikelp		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum etiolum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum fibriae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum filiforme		Western Pacific
Didemnum flavoviride		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum fragile		Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum fragum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum fucatum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum fulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum fuscum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum gelatinosum		Eastern Atlantic
Didemnum gemmiparum		Western Pacific
Didemnum gintonicum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum globiferum		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum grande		Indo-Pacific	0.009 WD
Didemnum granulatum		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	0.005 WD
Didemnum granulosum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum guttatum		Western Central Pacific.
Didemnum halimedae		Western Central Atlantic
Didemnum helgolandicum		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum herba		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum hiopaa		Pacific Ocean.
Didemnum immundum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum inaequilobatum		Mediterranean
Didemnum inauratum		Western Central Atlantic
Didemnum incanum		Indo-West Pacific	0.003 WD
Didemnum inveteratum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum japonicum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum jedanense		Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum jucundum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0082 WD
Didemnum kurilense		Western Pacific
Didemnum lacertosum		Western Central Pacific.
Didemnum lahillei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum lambitum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum leopardi		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum leopardus		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum levitas		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum ligulum		Western Central Pacific a
Didemnum lillipution		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum linatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum linguiferum		Western Central Pacific.
Didemnum lissoclinum		Indo-West Pacific	0.007 WD
Didemnum lithostrotum		Western Pacific
Didemnum macrosiphonium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum macrospiculatum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum maculatum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum maculosum		Atlantic, Mediterranean,
Didemnum madeleinae		Western Central Pacific	0.005 WD
Didemnum magnilarvum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum mantile		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum megaductus		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum megasterix		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum membranaceum		Indo-Pacific	0.0056 WD
Didemnum mesembrinum		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum microthoracicum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum millari		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum milleporae		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum minisculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum minispirale		Western Pacific
Didemnum misakiense		Western Pacific
Didemnum molle	Green urn ascidian	Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum monile		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum moseleyi	White colonial tunicate	Indo-Pacific	0.005 WD
Didemnum multispirale		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum mutabile		Pacific Ocean
Didemnum nambucciensis		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum nekozita		Indo-West Pacific.	0.00375 WD
Didemnum nigricans		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum nigrum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum niveum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum nocturnum		Western Indian Ocean
Didemnum oblitum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum obscurum	Orange lattice ascidian	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Didemnum ossium		Indo-West Pacific.	0.006 WD
Didemnum paa		Western Pacific
Didemnum pacificum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum papillatum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum parancium		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum parau		Pacific Ocean.
Didemnum pardum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum parvum		Eastern Central Pacific	1 WD
Didemnum patulum		Indo-West Pacific	0.007 WD
Didemnum pecten		Indo-West Pacific	0.008 WD
Didemnum pele		Eastern Central Pacific
Didemnum pellucidum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum perlucidum	White crust tunicate	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Didemnum perplexum		Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum perspicuum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum peyrefittense		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum pitipiri		Central Pacific
Didemnum plebium		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum poecilomorpha		Indo-West Pacific.	0.006 WD
Didemnum polare		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum precocinum		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum protectum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum psammatodes		Indo-Pacific, Central Atl
Didemnum pseudobiglans		Western Pacific
Didemnum pseudofulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum quincunciale		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum recurvatum		Indo-Pacific
Didemnum roberti		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum rodriguesi		Southwest Atlantic and In
Didemnum romssae		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum roseum		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum rota		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum rubeum		Pacific Ocean.
Didemnum sachalinense		Western Pacific
Didemnum santaelenae		Southeast Pacific
Didemnum scopi		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum siphonale		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum sordidum		Indo-Pacific.
Didemnum spadix		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum speciosum		Southwest Atlantic	0.006 TL
Didemnum sphaericum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum spongoides		Indo-West Pacific
Didemnum spumante		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum spumosum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum stercoratum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum stilense		Southeast Atlantic and We
Didemnum stragulum		Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum studeri	White sea crust	Southern Atlantic, Indo-P
Didemnum subflavum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Didemnum sucosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum tabulatum		Indo-West Pacific	0.007 WD
Didemnum tenue		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Didemnum ternerratum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0046 WD
Didemnum tetrahedrum		Southwest Atlantic
Didemnum theca		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum toafene		Western Pacific
Didemnum tonga		Western Pacific.
Didemnum translucidum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum transparentum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum trispirale		Western Pacific
Didemnum trivolutum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Didemnum tuberatum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum tumulatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum usitatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum uturoa		Western Pacific.
Didemnum vahatuio		Indo-West Pacific.	0.008 WD
Didemnum vanderhorsti		Western Atlantic and East
Didemnum velans		Southeast Atlantic
Didemnum verdantum		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum vermiforme		Western Pacific
Didemnum vesperi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum vestum	Compound sea squirt	Western Atlantic
Didemnum vexillum		Northwest Pacific. Intro
Didemnum via		Western Central Pacific
Didemnum viride		Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum vulgare		Eastern Indian Ocean
Didemnum yolky		Western Indian Ocean.
Diplosoma abbotti		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma antarcticum		Antarctic Atlantic and In
Diplosoma ata		Pacific Ocean
Diplosoma carnosum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diplosoma fecundum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Diplosoma ferrugeum		Indo-West Pacific
Diplosoma gelatinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diplosoma glandulosum		Western Central Atlantic
Diplosoma handi		Pacific Ocean
Diplosoma hiatti		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma lafargueae		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma listerianum	Gray encrusting compound tunicate	Circumglobal.	0.08 TL
Diplosoma longinquum		Antarctic.
Diplosoma lukini		Western Pacific
Diplosoma marsupiale		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma matie		Southwest Pacific
Diplosoma migrans		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma mitsukuri		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma modestum		Western Indian Ocean
Diplosoma multipapillata		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma multitestis		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma ooru		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma pannosum		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma pizoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Diplosoma ponticum		Black Sea
Diplosoma redika		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma simile		Western Pacific. Climate
Diplosoma simileguwa		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma singulare		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma spongiforme	Jelly synascidian	Atlantic and the Mediterr
Diplosoma translucidum		Indo-West Pacific.
Diplosoma unitestis		Western Central Pacific
Diplosoma variostigmatum		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma velatum		Eastern Indian Ocean	5 COLD
Diplosoma versicolor		Indo-West Pacific. tropi
Diplosoma virens		Indo-West Pacific and the
Leptoclinides aciculus		Indo-West Pacific.	0.006 WD
Leptoclinides albamaculatus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides apertus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides aspiculatum		Western Pacific
Leptoclinides brandi		Western Central Pacific	0.01 WD
Leptoclinides caelestis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides capensis		Southeast Atlantic, Antar
Leptoclinides carduus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides cavernosus		Indo-West Pacific	0.01 WD
Leptoclinides coelenteratus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides comitus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.007 WD
Leptoclinides compactus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides complexus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides confirmatus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides constellatus		Indo-West Pacific	0.00625 WD
Leptoclinides cucurbitus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides cuspidatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Leptoclinides decoratus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides dubius		Indo-West Pacific and the	40 COLD
Leptoclinides duminus		Western Pacific
Leptoclinides durus		Indo-West Pacific
Leptoclinides echinus		Indo-West Pacific
Leptoclinides erinaceus		Indo-West Pacific
Leptoclinides exiguus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.006 WD
Leptoclinides faeroensis		Northeast Atlantic.
Leptoclinides frustus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides fungiformis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides grandistellus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides hawaiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Leptoclinides imperfectus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides kerguelenensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides kingi		Indo-West Pacific
Leptoclinides levitatus		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Leptoclinides lissus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides longicollis		Western Pacific
Leptoclinides macrotestis		Northwest Pacific
Leptoclinides maculatus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0065 WD
Leptoclinides madara	Zebra colonial tunicate	Pacific Ocean.	1 OT
Leptoclinides magnistellus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.024 WD
Leptoclinides marmoratus		Western Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides minimus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides multilobatus		Indo-West Pacific
Leptoclinides multipapillatus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides oscitans		Western Central Pacific.
Leptoclinides placidus		Western Pacific	0.006 WD
Leptoclinides prunus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides pulvinus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides quadratum		Eastern Central Pacific
Leptoclinides reticulatus	Encrusting sea squirts	Indo-West Pacific.
Leptoclinides rigidus		Indo-West Pacific	0.0082 WD
Leptoclinides robiginis		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides rufus		Indo-Pacific
Leptoclinides seminudus		Indo-West Pacific	0.0086 WD
Leptoclinides subviridis		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides sulawesii		Indo-West Pacific. tropi	0.0075 WD
Leptoclinides tuberculatus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides tulearensis		Western Indian Ocean
Leptoclinides umbrosus		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides uniorbis		Eastern Central Pacific
Leptoclinides unitestis		Western Central Pacific
Leptoclinides variegatus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.009 WD
Leptoclinides volvus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptoclinum albidum		Western Indian Ocean
Leptoclinum bistratum		Western Indian Ocean
Leptoclinum protectum		Mediterranean
Leptoclinum psammatodes		Western Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum abdominale		Western Central Pacific a
Lissoclinum agriculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum argyllense		Northeast Atlantic
Lissoclinum aureum		Northern Atlantic
Lissoclinum badium		Indo-West Pacific.
Lissoclinum bilobatum		Indo-West Pacific
Lissoclinum bistratum		Indo-West Pacific.
Lissoclinum caliginosum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum calycis		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum caulleryi		Eastern Central Pacific
Lissoclinum cavum		Southeast Atlantic
Lissoclinum clavatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum coactum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum concavum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum conchylium		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Lissoclinum cornutum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum diversum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum durabile		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Lissoclinum fragile		Indo-Pacific and Western
Lissoclinum guinense		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum japonicum		Western Pacific
Lissoclinum karenae		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum laneum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum levitum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.006 WD
Lissoclinum limosum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum maculatum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum marpum		Eastern Atlantic.
Lissoclinum mereti		Southwest Pacific
Lissoclinum multifidum		Indo-West Pacific.
Lissoclinum nebulosum		Indo-Pacific.
Lissoclinum ostrearium		Indo-West Pacific	0.03 WD
Lissoclinum pacificense		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum patella		Indo-West Pacific.	0.008 WD
Lissoclinum perforatum		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Lissoclinum philippinense		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum polyorchis		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum pseudoleptoclinum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Lissoclinum punctatum		Western Central Pacific.
Lissoclinum ravarava		Western Pacific
Lissoclinum reginum		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Lissoclinum roseum		Indo-West Pacific	0.0028 WD
Lissoclinum rubrum		Northeast Atlantic
Lissoclinum scopulosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum sente		Western Pacific. Climate
Lissoclinum spongium		Southwest Pacific
Lissoclinum stellatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum taratara		Pacific Ocean.
Lissoclinum tasmanense		Eastern Indian Ocean
Lissoclinum textile		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum textrinum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum timorense		Indo-Pacific.
Lissoclinum triangulum		Western Central Pacific.
Lissoclinum tuheiavae		Central Pacific
Lissoclinum tunicatum		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum vareau		Pacific Ocean
Lissoclinum variabile		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum verrilli		Western Pacific and Weste
Lissoclinum vulgare		Western Central Pacific
Lissoclinum weigelei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton adelon		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton alingulum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton amethysteum		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.13 TL
Polysyncraton arafurensis		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton arvum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton asperum		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton aspiculatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Polysyncraton asterix		Northeast Atlantic
Polysyncraton bilobatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton canetense		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton catillum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.004 WD
Polysyncraton cerebellum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton chondrilla		Southwest Pacific and the
Polysyncraton circulum		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton cuculliferum		Western Central Pacific	0.0057 WD
Polysyncraton dentatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton discoides		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton dromide		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Polysyncraton fadeevi		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton flammeum		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton galaxum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton glaucum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton haranti		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polysyncraton hartmeyeri		Western Indian Ocean.
Polysyncraton infundibulum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton jugosum		Southwest Pacific
Polysyncraton kashenkoi		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton krylatkae		Northwest Pacific
Polysyncraton lacazei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton linere		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton lodix		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton longitubis		Eastern Indian Ocean	8 COLD
Polysyncraton luteum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton magnetae		Western Central Pacific	0.0035 WD
Polysyncraton meandratum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton millepore		Indo-West Pacific.	0.006 WD
Polysyncraton miniastrum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton montanum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton mortenseni		Southwest Pacific
Polysyncraton multiforme		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton nigropunctatum		Indo-Pacific
Polysyncraton niveum		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton oceanium		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton orbiculum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton otuetue		Pacific Ocean.
Polysyncraton palliolum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton papyrus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton paramushiri		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton pavimentum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton pedunculatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton peristroma		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton polysystema		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton pontoniae		Pacific Ocean.
Polysyncraton pseudomagnetae		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton pseudorugosum		Western Central Pacific	0.009 WD
Polysyncraton pulchrum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton purou		Pacific Ocean.
Polysyncraton reedi		Eastern Central Atlantic
Polysyncraton regulum		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton reticulum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton rica		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0075 WD
Polysyncraton robustum		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton rostrum		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton rubitapum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton rugosum		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton scobinum		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton scorteum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton sideris		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton tasmanense		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton tegetum		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.0075 WD
Polysyncraton tenuicutis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton textus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton thallomorpha		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton tokiokai		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton trivolutum		Southern Pacific, Southwe
Polysyncraton tubiporae		Western Indian Ocean
Polysyncraton turris		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton vestiens		Western Central Pacific
Polysyncraton victoriensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum alexi	Speckled compound tunicate	Northeast Pacific
Trididemnum alleni		Northeast Atlantic
Trididemnum amiculum		Indo-West Pacific	0.012 WD
Trididemnum areolatum		Indo-Pacific.
Trididemnum auriculatum		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Trididemnum banneri		Western Pacific and the M
Trididemnum caelatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum cerebriforme		Southeast Atlantic and In
Trididemnum cereum		Cosmopolitan.
Trididemnum clinides		Indo-West Pacific.
Trididemnum cristatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum crystallinum		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum cyanophorum		Western Central Atlantic
Trididemnum cyclops		Indo-Pacific.
Trididemnum delesseriae		Northeast Atlantic
Trididemnum discrepans		Indo-West Pacific.
Trididemnum dispersum		Indo-West Pacific
Trididemnum duci		Mediterranean Sea.
Trididemnum fallax		Atlantic and Mediterranea
Trididemnum farrago		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum fetia		Eastern Central Pacific
Trididemnum graphicum		Atlantic and Mediterranea
Trididemnum hians		Western Central Atlantic
Trididemnum inarmatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Trididemnum inermum		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum lapidosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum maragogi		Western Central Atlantic
Trididemnum marmoratum		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum mellitum		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum meridionale		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum microzoa		Indo-Pacific.
Trididemnum miniatum		Western Central Pacific.
Trididemnum natalense		Indo-Pacific
Trididemnum nobile		Indo-West Pacific	0.009 WD
Trididemnum nubilum		Western Central Pacific.
Trididemnum nubis		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum opacum		Western North America and
Trididemnum orbiculatum		Western Atlantic.
Trididemnum paraclinides		Indo-West Pacific.
Trididemnum paracyclops		Pacific Ocean.	0.008 WD
Trididemnum pedunculatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Trididemnum pigmentatum		Indo-West Pacific.	0.01 WD
Trididemnum planum		Indo-Pacific
Trididemnum polyorchis		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum poma		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum profundum		Indo-Pacific.
Trididemnum propinquum		Southeast Pacific, Southw
Trididemnum pseudodiplosoma		Indo-West Pacific	0.004 WD
Trididemnum pusillum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum reticulatum		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum roseum		Western Indian Ocean
Trididemnum savignii		Cosmopolitan.	0.011 WD
Trididemnum sibogae		Indo-West Pacific.	0.01 WD
Trididemnum solidum	Overgrowing mat tunicate	Western Atlantic.
Trididemnum spongia		Western Central Pacific
Trididemnum spumosum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Trididemnum strangulatum		Northeast Pacific and Wes
Trididemnum strigosum		Western Central Pacific.
Trididemnum tectum		Indo-West Pacific
Trididemnum tenerum		Northern Atlantic, Indo-P
Trididemnum thetidis		Western Central Atlantic
Trididemnum tomarahi		Pacific Ocean.
Trididemnum translucidum		Northeast Atlantic
Trididemnum vahaereere		Southwest Pacific
Trididemnum vostoki		Western Pacific

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