WoRMS taxon details

Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816

146902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146902)

accepted
Species
Didemnum annectens (Herdman, 1886) · unaccepted (new combination)
Didemnum fusiferum Van Name, 1921 · unaccepted (original combination)
Didemnum novaeseelandiae Hartmeyer, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptoclinides africanus Michaelsen, 1914 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptoclinum africanus (Michaelsen, 1914) · unaccepted (new combination)
Leptoclinum annectens Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptoclinum candidum (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (new combination)
Leptoclinum cretaceum Sluiter, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptoclinum niveum Nott, 1892 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary  
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146902 on 2024-04-19
Date
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2005-02-24 10:36:17Z
created
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z
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2011-07-27 12:29:36Z
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original description Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Didemnum fusiferum Van Name, 1921) Van Name, W. G. (1921). Ascidians of the West Indian region and southeastern United States. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 44: 283-494., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1003 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Didemnum novaeseelandiae Hartmeyer, 1909) Hartmeyer, R. (1909-1911). Ascidien (continuation of work by Seeliger). <em>In: Bronn, H.G., Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-reichs. Leipzig, 3, suppl. psts.</em> 81-98,: 1281-1773. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Leptoclinides africanus Michaelsen, 1914) Michaelsen, W. (1914). Diagnosen einiger neuen westafrikenischen Ascidien. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg.</em> 31(2): 75-79. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Leptoclinum cretaceum Sluiter, 1898) Sluiter, C. P. (1898). Beitrage zur kenntnis der fauna von Sud-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. II. Tunicaten von Süd-Afrika. <em>Zool. Jahrb., Syst.</em> 11: 1-64. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Leptoclinum niveum Nott, 1892) Nott, J. (1892). On the composite ascidians of the North Shore Reef. <em>Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 24: 305-334., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3285536 [details]   

original description  (of Leptoclinum annectens 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. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]   

basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Dicand [details]

From other sources
Diet plankton feeder [details]

Dimensions colonies extend 75-100 mm to 5 mm thick [details]

Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction hermaphroditic; eggs shed and fertilized in the water [details]
LanguageName 
English white crust  [details]