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Family: Didemnidae (See list of species below)

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62 species in Pacific, Northwest 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 apersum []	No picture found Didemnum candidum [White didemnid]
No picture found Didemnum caudiculatum []	No picture found Didemnum dorotubu []	No picture found Didemnum ectensum []
No picture found Didemnum filiforme []	No picture found Didemnum gemmiparum []	No picture found Didemnum grande []
No picture found Didemnum granulatum []	No picture found Didemnum immundum []	No picture found Didemnum japonicum []
No picture found Didemnum kurilense []	No picture found Didemnum megaductus []	Didemnum membranaceum []
No picture found Didemnum minispirale []	No picture found Didemnum misakiense []	Didemnum molle [Green urn ascidian]
No picture found Didemnum moseleyi [White colonial tunicate]	No picture found Didemnum nekozita []	No picture found Didemnum pacificum []
No picture found Didemnum papillatum []	No picture found Didemnum pardum []	No picture found Didemnum psammatodes []
No picture found Didemnum pseudobiglans []	No picture found Didemnum sachalinense []	No picture found Didemnum siphonale []
No picture found Didemnum sordidum []	No picture found Didemnum tonga []	No picture found Didemnum translucidum []
No picture found Didemnum transparentum []	No picture found Didemnum trispirale []	No picture found Didemnum vermiforme []
No picture found Didemnum vexillum []	Diplosoma listerianum [Gray encrusting compound tunicate]	No picture found Diplosoma lukini []
No picture found Diplosoma mitsukuri []	No picture found Diplosoma ooru []	No picture found Diplosoma simile []
No picture found Diplosoma simileguwa []	No picture found Diplosoma variostigmatum []	No picture found Leptoclinides aspiculatum []
No picture found Leptoclinides dubius []	No picture found Leptoclinides macrotestis []	No picture found Leptoclinides madara [Zebra colonial tunicate]
No picture found Lissoclinum bistratum []	No picture found Lissoclinum fragile []	No picture found Lissoclinum japonicum []
No picture found Lissoclinum verrilli []	No picture found Polysyncraton asperum []	No picture found Polysyncraton aspiculatum []
No picture found Polysyncraton discoides []	No picture found Polysyncraton fadeevi []	No picture found Polysyncraton kashenkoi []
No picture found Polysyncraton krylatkae []	No picture found Polysyncraton paramushiri []	No picture found Polysyncraton tokiokai []
No picture found Trididemnum banneri []	No picture found Trididemnum microzoa []	No picture found Trididemnum savignii []
No picture found Trididemnum tenerum []	No picture found Trididemnum vostoki []

62 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 apersum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum candidum	White didemnid	Cosmopolitan.	0.5 COLD
Didemnum caudiculatum		Western Pacific
Didemnum dorotubu		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum ectensum		Northern Pacific
Didemnum filiforme		Western Pacific
Didemnum gemmiparum		Western Pacific
Didemnum grande		Indo-Pacific	0.009 WD
Didemnum granulatum		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	0.005 WD
Didemnum immundum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum japonicum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum kurilense		Western Pacific
Didemnum megaductus		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum membranaceum		Indo-Pacific	0.0056 WD
Didemnum minispirale		Western Pacific
Didemnum misakiense		Western Pacific
Didemnum molle	Green urn ascidian	Indo-West Pacific.
Didemnum moseleyi	White colonial tunicate	Indo-Pacific	0.005 WD
Didemnum nekozita		Indo-West Pacific.	0.00375 WD
Didemnum pacificum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum papillatum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum pardum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum psammatodes		Indo-Pacific, Central Atl
Didemnum pseudobiglans		Western Pacific
Didemnum sachalinense		Western Pacific
Didemnum siphonale		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum sordidum		Indo-Pacific.
Didemnum tonga		Western Pacific.
Didemnum translucidum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum transparentum		Northwest Pacific
Didemnum trispirale		Western Pacific
Didemnum vermiforme		Western Pacific
Didemnum vexillum		Northwest Pacific. Intro
Diplosoma listerianum	Gray encrusting compound tunicate	Circumglobal.	0.08 TL
Diplosoma lukini		Western Pacific
Diplosoma mitsukuri		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma ooru		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma simile		Western Pacific. Climate
Diplosoma simileguwa		Northwest Pacific
Diplosoma variostigmatum		Northwest Pacific
Leptoclinides aspiculatum		Western Pacific
Leptoclinides dubius		Indo-West Pacific and the	40 COLD
Leptoclinides macrotestis		Northwest Pacific
Leptoclinides madara	Zebra colonial tunicate	Pacific Ocean.	1 OT
Lissoclinum bistratum		Indo-West Pacific.
Lissoclinum fragile		Indo-Pacific and Western
Lissoclinum japonicum		Western Pacific
Lissoclinum verrilli		Western Pacific and Weste
Polysyncraton asperum		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton aspiculatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Polysyncraton discoides		Indo-West Pacific
Polysyncraton fadeevi		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton kashenkoi		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton krylatkae		Northwest Pacific
Polysyncraton paramushiri		Western Pacific
Polysyncraton tokiokai		Western Pacific
Trididemnum banneri		Western Pacific and the M
Trididemnum microzoa		Indo-Pacific.
Trididemnum savignii		Cosmopolitan.	0.011 WD
Trididemnum tenerum		Northern Atlantic, Indo-P
Trididemnum vostoki		Western Pacific

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