Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia

Didemnidae Giard, 1872

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Didemnum Savigny, 1816
Diplosoma Macdonald, 1859
Leptoclinides Bjerkan, 1905
Lissoclinum Verrill, 1871
Polysyncraton Nott, 1892
Trididemnum Della Valle, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウスボヤ科

Literature

basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. 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. 50: pp. 352-355.
additional source	Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnidae Giard, 1872. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103439