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Family: Didemnidae (See list of species below)

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50 species in Atlantic, Northeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Didemnum albidum [Northern white crust]	No picture found Didemnum amourouxi []	No picture found Didemnum candidum [White didemnid]
No picture found Didemnum carnulentum [Pacific white crust]	No picture found Didemnum coccineum []	No picture found Didemnum commune []
No picture found Didemnum coriaceum []	No picture found Didemnum drachi []	No picture found Didemnum fulgens []
No picture found Didemnum gelatinosum []	No picture found Didemnum granulosum []	No picture found Didemnum helgolandicum []
No picture found Didemnum lahillei []	No picture found Didemnum maculosum []	No picture found Didemnum niveum []
No picture found Didemnum perspicuum []	No picture found Didemnum peyrefittense []	No picture found Didemnum polare []
No picture found Didemnum protectum []	No picture found Didemnum pseudofulgens []	No picture found Didemnum romssae []
No picture found Didemnum roseum []	No picture found Diplosoma carnosum []	No picture found Diplosoma gelatinosa []
No picture found Diplosoma lafargueae []	Diplosoma listerianum [Gray encrusting compound tunicate]	No picture found Diplosoma migrans []
No picture found Diplosoma pizoni []	No picture found Diplosoma singulare []	No picture found Diplosoma spongiforme [Jelly synascidian]
No picture found Leptoclinides faeroensis []	No picture found Lissoclinum argyllense []	No picture found Lissoclinum aureum []
No picture found Lissoclinum perforatum []	No picture found Lissoclinum pseudoleptoclinum []	No picture found Lissoclinum rubrum []
Lissoclinum weigelei []	No picture found Polysyncraton amethysteum []	No picture found Polysyncraton asterix []
No picture found Polysyncraton bilobatum []	No picture found Polysyncraton canetense []	No picture found Polysyncraton haranti []
Polysyncraton lacazei []	No picture found Trididemnum alleni []	No picture found Trididemnum cereum []
No picture found Trididemnum delesseriae []	No picture found Trididemnum inarmatum []	No picture found Trididemnum pedunculatum []
No picture found Trididemnum tenerum []	No picture found Trididemnum translucidum []

50 Species of Family Didemnidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Didemnum albidum	Northern white crust	Indo-Pacific, Northern At
Didemnum amourouxi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum candidum	White didemnid	Cosmopolitan.	0.5 COLD
Didemnum carnulentum	Pacific white crust	Eastern Pacific and North	12.5 COLD
Didemnum coccineum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum commune		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum coriaceum		Cosmopolitan.
Didemnum drachi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum fulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum gelatinosum		Eastern Atlantic
Didemnum granulosum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum helgolandicum		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum lahillei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum maculosum		Atlantic, Mediterranean,
Didemnum niveum		Southwest Pacific
Didemnum perspicuum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum peyrefittense		Northeast Atlantic and th
Didemnum polare		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum protectum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum pseudofulgens		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Didemnum romssae		Northeast Atlantic
Didemnum roseum		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma carnosum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diplosoma gelatinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diplosoma lafargueae		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma listerianum	Gray encrusting compound tunicate	Circumglobal.	0.08 TL
Diplosoma migrans		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma pizoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Diplosoma singulare		Northeast Atlantic
Diplosoma spongiforme	Jelly synascidian	Atlantic and the Mediterr
Leptoclinides faeroensis		Northeast Atlantic.
Lissoclinum argyllense		Northeast Atlantic
Lissoclinum aureum		Northern Atlantic
Lissoclinum perforatum		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Lissoclinum pseudoleptoclinum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Lissoclinum rubrum		Northeast Atlantic
Lissoclinum weigelei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton amethysteum		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.13 TL
Polysyncraton asterix		Northeast Atlantic
Polysyncraton bilobatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton canetense		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polysyncraton haranti		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polysyncraton lacazei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Trididemnum alleni		Northeast Atlantic
Trididemnum cereum		Cosmopolitan.
Trididemnum delesseriae		Northeast Atlantic
Trididemnum inarmatum		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Trididemnum pedunculatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Trididemnum tenerum		Northern Atlantic, Indo-P
Trididemnum translucidum		Northeast Atlantic

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