Didemnum lahillei

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 98 meters (321 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van der Land J. (ed.), Oct-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Didemnum

There are approximately 204 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. ahu · D. albidum · D. albidum albidum · D. albidum polare · D. albopunctatum · D. algasedens · D. amethysteum · D. amourouxi · D. apersum · D. apuroto · D. arancium · D. aratore · D. asterix · D. astrum · D. augusti · D. aures · D. beringense · D. bicolor · D. biglans · D. biglutinum · D. bimasculum · D. bisectatum · D. brevioris · D. caesium · D. candidum · D. candidum fusiferum · D. candidum lutarium · D. captivum · D. carnulentum · D. caudiculatum · D. cerebrale · D. chartaceum · D. chilense · D. clavum · D. coccineum · D. commune · D. complexum · D. conchyliatum · D. congregatum · D. contortum · D. coralliforme · D. coriaceum · D. crescente · D. cuculliferum · D. cygnuus · D. dealbatum · D. delectum · D. dicolla · D. diffundum · D. digestum · D. diversum · D. domesticum · D. dorotubu · D. drachi · D. ectensum · D. edmondsoni · D. effusium · D. elikapekae · D. elongatum · D. epikelp · D. etiolum · D. fibriae · D. filiforme · D. flavoviride · D. fragile · D. fragum · D. fucatum · D. fulgens · D. fuscum · D. gelatinosum · D. gemmiparum · D. globiferum · D. grande · D. granulatum · D. granulosum · D. guttatum · D. helgolandicum · D. herba · D. hiopaa · D. immundum · D. incanum · D. inveteratum · D. japonicum · D. jedanense · D. jucundum · D. kurilense · D. lacertosum · D. lahillei (Compound Sea Squirt) · D. lambitum · D. leopardi · D. levitas · D. ligulum · D. lillipution · D. linatum · D. linguiferum · D. lissoclinum · D. lutarium · D. macrosiphonium · D. macrospiculatum · D. maculosum

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Further Reading

• Didemnum cf. lahillei - Marine Invasive Species DOI. USGS. Woods Hole Science Center. Taxonomy; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution
• Didemnum lahillei Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database USDA. National Agricultural Library. Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)
• Didemnum lahillei Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Taxonomy
• Didemnum sp. (tunicate) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls
• Didemnum sp. - Guide to Marine Invaders in the Gulf of Maine (PDF | 592 KB) Salem Sound Coastwatch. Marine Introduced Species Monitoring Resource Center.Identification/Description; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution
• Didemnum sp. A - Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay San Francisco Estuary Institute.Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion
• Have You Seen This Tunicate? DOC. NOAA. Northeast Fisheries Science Center; DOI. United States Geological Survey. Identification/Description; Photographs
• Invasive Marine Species Found on Georges Bank (Nov 19, 2003) DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Identification/Description; Distribution; Dispersion
• Invasive Sea Squirt Alive and Well on Georges Bank (Nov 19, 2004) DOI. United States Geological Survey. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Distribution; Dispersion
• Invasive Tunicate! (Didemnum sp.) in the Pacific Northwest Reef Environmental Education Foundation. Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls
• Seasquirt/Ascidian - Have You Seen This Marine Pest in NSW? (PDF | 85 KB) New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Australia).Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution
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• The Dutch Ascidians Homepage Ascidians.com.Photographs
• Wanted… Sea Squirt (Nov 21, 2003) DOI. United States Geological Survey. Identification/Description; Impacts

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• National Invasive Species Information Center, National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Site. Accessed May 3, 2008.
• UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764793
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-I-2143
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13300277
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 206897
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131102

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 231.900 based on 18 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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