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

Aplidium punctum (Giard, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Amaroucium Milne Edwards, 1841

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

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 der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Millar, R. H. (1960). Ascidiacea with a key to the species. The fauna of the Clyde Sea Area. Scott. mar. biol. assoc. Millport. 16p.
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. Aplidium punctum (Giard, 1873). 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:103662