| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Didemnum ahu Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific and Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871) |
Northern white crust | Indo-Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | |
| Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | 0.0035 | |
| Didemnum algasedens Monniot, & Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum amethysteum (Van Name, 1902) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum amourouxi Lafargue, 1976 |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum anoi Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum apersum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum apuroto Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum arancium Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum aratore Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum asterix Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum asteropum (Sluiter, 1895) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum astrum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum augusti Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum aures Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum bentarti Varela & Ramos-Esplá, 2008 |
Antarctic | ||
| Didemnum beringense Romanov, 1977 |
Northern Pacific | ||
| Didemnum bicolor Kott, 2001 |
Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum biglans (Sluiter, 1906) |
Antarctic | ||
| Didemnum biglutinum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum bimasculum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum bisectatum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum bisyncraton Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum braueri Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum brevioris Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum caesium Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816 |
White didemnid | Cosmopolitan | 0.5 |
| Didemnum captivum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum carnulentum Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 |
Pacific white crust | Eastern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic | 12.5 |
| Didemnum caudiculatum Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum cerebrale Michaelsen, 1920 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum chartaceum (Sluiter, 1909) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum chilense Ärrnbäck, 1929 |
Western North America. Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum cilicium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum cineraceum (Sluiter, 1898) |
Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Didemnum clavum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883) |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum commune (Della Valle, 1877) |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum complexum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum conchyliatum (Sluiter, 1898) |
White speck tunicate | Western Central Atlantic | |
| Didemnum congregatum Kott, 2004 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum contortum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum coralliforme Kott, 2004 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.005 | |
| Didemnum coriaceum (Drasche, 1883) |
Cosmopolitan | ||
| Didemnum corium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum crescente Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.0062 | |
| Didemnum cuculliferum (Sluiter, 1909) |
Colony sea squirt | Western Central Pacific | 2 |
| Didemnum cygnuus Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum dealbatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum delectum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | 0.0035 | |
| Didemnum densum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum dicolla Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum diffundum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum digestum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum diversum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum domesticum Kott, 2004 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum dorotubu (Oka, 1931) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum drachi Lafargue, 1975 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum duplicatum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum ectensum Romanov, 1989 |
Northern Pacific | ||
| Didemnum edmondsoni Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum effusium Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum elikapekae Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum elongatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.01 | |
| Didemnum epikelp Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum etiolum Kott, 1982 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum fibriae Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum filiforme Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum flavoviride Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum fragum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum fucatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum fulgens (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum fuscum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum gelatinosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Eastern Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum gemmiparum Romanov, 1976 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum gintonicum Eldredge, 1966 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum globiferum Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum grande (Herdman, 1886) |
Indo-Pacific | 0.009 | |
| Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954 |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean | 0.005 | |
| Didemnum granulosum (Drasche, 1883) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum guttatum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum halimedae Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum helgolandicum Michaelsen, 1921 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum herba Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum hiopaa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Didemnum immundum Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum inaequilobatum Daumezon, 1909 |
Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum inauratum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum incanum (Herdman, 1899) |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.003 | |
| Didemnum inveteratum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum japonicum (Herdman, 1886) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum jedanense Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum jucundum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.0082 | |
| Didemnum kurilense Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum lacertosum Monniot, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum lambitum Michaelsen, 1924 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum leopardi Monniot, 2001 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum leopardus Kott, 2005 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum levitas Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum ligulum Monniot, 1983 |
Western Central Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum lillipution Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum linatum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum linguiferum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum lissoclinum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
| Didemnum lithostrotum Brewin, 1956 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum macrosiphonium Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum macrospiculatum Tokioka, 1967 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum maculatum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) |
Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Arctic | ||
| Didemnum madeleinae Monniot, & Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | 0.005 | |
| Didemnum magnilarvum Millar, 1962 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum mantile Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum megaductus Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum megasterix Kott, 1995 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum membranaceum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | 0.0056 | |
| Didemnum mesembrinum Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum microthoracicum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum millari Monniot, 2001 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum milleporae Vasseur, 1969 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum minisculum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum minispirale Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum misakiense (Oka & Willey, 1892) |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886) |
Green urn ascidian | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Didemnum monile Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum moseleyi (Herdman, 1886) |
White colonial tunicate | Indo-Pacific | 0.005 |
| Didemnum multispirale Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum mutabile Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Didemnum nambucciensis Kott, 2004 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum nekozita Tokioka, 1967 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.00375 | |
| Didemnum nigricans Monniot, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum nigrum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum niveum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum nocturnum Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum oblitum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum obscurum Monniot, 1969 |
Orange lattice ascidian | Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | |
| Didemnum ossium Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.006 | |
| Didemnum paa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum pacificum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum papillatum Romanov, 1974 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum parancium Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum parau Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Didemnum pardum Tokioka, 1963 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum parvum Monniot & Monniot, 2003 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 1 | |
| Didemnum patulum (Herdman, 1899) |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
| Didemnum pecten Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.008 | |
| Didemnum pele Eldredge, 1967 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum pellucidum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum perlucidum Monniot, 1983 |
White crust tunicate | Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean | |
| Didemnum perplexum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum perspicuum Giard, 1873 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913 |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum pitipiri Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum plebium Kott, 2005 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum poecilomorpha Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.006 | |
| Didemnum polare (Hartmeyer, 1903) |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum precocinum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum protectum (Daumézon, 1908) |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Didemnum psammatodes (Sluiter, 1895) |
Indo-Pacific, Central Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum pseudobiglans Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970 |
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Didemnum quincunciale Michaelsen, |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum recurvatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum roberti Michaelsen, 1930 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum rodriguesi Rocha & Monniot, 1993 |
Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum romssae Marks, 1996 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum roseum Sars, 1851 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum rota Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum rubeum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Didemnum sachalinense Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum santaelenae Van Name, 1945 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Didemnum scopi Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum siphonale Tokioka, 1967 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum sordidum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Didemnum spadix Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum speciosum (Herdman, 1886) |
Southwest Atlantic | 0.006 | |
| Didemnum sphaericum Tokioka, 1967 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum spongoides Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum spumante Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum spumosum Kott, 2004 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum stercoratum Monniot & Monniot, 1996 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum stilense Michaelsen, 1934 |
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum stragulum Kott, 2001 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum studeri Hartmeyer, 1911 |
White sea crust | Southern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic | |
| Didemnum subflavum (Herdman, 1886) |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum sucosum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum tabulatum Sluiter, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.007 | |
| Didemnum tenue (Herdman, 1886) |
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic and Southeast Pacific | ||
| Didemnum ternerratum Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | 0.0046 | |
| Didemnum tetrahedrum Dias & Rodrigues, 2004 |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum theca Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum toafene Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886) |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum translucidum Tokioka, 1953 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum transparentum Romanov, 1977 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum trispirale Romanov, 1989 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum trivolutum Millar, 1960 |
Antarctic Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum tuberatum (Nott, 1892) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum tumulatum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum usitatum Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum uturoa Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum vahatuio Monniot & Monniot, 1987 |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.008 | |
| Didemnum vanderhorsti Van Name, 1924 |
Western Atlantic and Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum velans Michaelsen, 1920 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Didemnum verdantum Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum vermiforme Kott, 2002 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Didemnum vesperi Kott, 2004 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum vestum Kott, 2004 |
Compound sea squirt | Western Atlantic | |
| Didemnum vexillum Romanov, 1989 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Didemnum via Kott, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Didemnum viride (Herdman, 1906) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Didemnum vulgare Kott, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Didemnum yolky Monniot & Monniot, 1997 |
Western Indian Ocean |