MSBIAS taxon details
Didemnum Savigny, 1816
103456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103456)
accepted
Genus
- Species Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871)
- Species Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816
- Species Didemnum coriaceum (Drasche, 1883)
- Species Didemnum fulgens (Milne Edwards, 1841)
- Species Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909
- Species Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
- Species Didemnum pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970
- Species Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002
- Species Didemnum asperum (Milne Edwards, 1841) accepted as Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841) (synonym)
- Species Didemnum gelatinosum (Milne Edwards, 1841) accepted as Diplosoma listerianum (Milne Edwards, 1841) (new combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239.
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103456 on 2026-10-11
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Didemnum Savigny, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103456 on 2026-10-11
original description
Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239.
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
page(s): Second Tome: Page 20 [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Didemnum)
To Genbank
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093943)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Didemnum)
To Genbank
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093943)
To ITIS