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

Aplidium lobatum Savigny, 1816

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aplidium*	Savigny, 1816	accepted genus name
*Amouroecium*	Milne Edwards, 1841	orthographic variant
*Amaroucium*	Milne Edwards, 1841	synonym
*Fragarium*	Giard, 1872	synonym
*Sidnyum*	Savigny, 1816	synonym

Literature

original description	Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239.
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	Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476.
additional source	Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Meliane, I.; Esplá, A. A.R. (2001). Records of ascidians (Chrodata, Tunicata) from Oman, south East of Arabian Peninsula. in: Claereboudt, M., Goddard, S., Al-Oufi, H., and McIlwain, J. eds. Proc. 1st International Conference on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment in the NW Indian Ocean, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. pp 37-43.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Monniot, F. (2007). Some ascidians (Tunicata) from the Clipperton Island. Cah. Biol. Mar. 48: 303-310.
additional source	Rocha, R. M.; Gamba, G. A.; Zanata, T. B. (2012). Aplidium (Ascidiacea, Polyclinidae) in central coast, Brazil. Zootaxa. (3565): 18-30.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Aplidium lobatum Savigny, 1816. 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:103652