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

Didemnum Savigny, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplosomoides*	Herdman, 1886	synonym
*Leptoclinum*	Milne Edwards, 1842	synonym

Children

Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871)
Didemnum amourouxi Lafargue, 1976
Didemnum candidum Savigny, 1816
Didemnum coccineum (Drasche, 1883)
Didemnum commune (Della Valle, 1877)
Didemnum coriaceum (Drasche, 1883)
Didemnum drachi Lafargue, 1975
Didemnum fulgens (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Didemnum granulosum (Drasche, 1883)
Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909
Didemnum maculosum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Didemnum perspicuum Giard, 1873
Didemnum peyrefittense Brément, 1913
Didemnum polare Hartmeyer, 1903
Didemnum protectum (Daumézon, 1908)
Didemnum pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970
Didemnum romssae Marks, 1996
Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウスボヤ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: skorpesekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: skorpesekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Дидемнум

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	NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum 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:103456