Aplidium
Encyclopedia
Aplidium is a genus
of colonial
sea squirts, tunicates in the family
Polyclinidae
. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of colonial
Colony (biology)
In biology, a colony reference to several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for mutual benefit, such as stronger defense or the ability to attack bigger prey. Some insects live only in colonies...
sea squirts, tunicates in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Polyclinidae
Polyclinidae
Polyclinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.-Genera:The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera:*Aplidiopsis - Lahille, 1890 *Aplidium - Savigny, 1816 *Fragaroides...
. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world.
Species
The following species are listed in this genus according to the World Register of Marine Species:- Aplidium abditum Kott, 2006
- Aplidium abyssum Kott, 1969
- Aplidium accarense (Millar, 1953)
- Aplidium acropodium Monniot & Gaill, 1978
- Aplidium acroporum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium adamsi Brewin, 1946
- Aplidium aegeaensis (Hartmeyer, 1904)
- Aplidium agulhaense (Hartmeyer, 1912)
- Aplidium albicans (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
- Aplidium altarium (Sluiter, 1909)
- Aplidium amorphatum Kott, 1963
- Aplidium amphibolum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium annulatum Sluiter, 1906
- Aplidium antillense (Gravier, 1955)
- Aplidium appendiculatum (Michaelsen, 1923)
- Aplidium arenatum (Van Name, 1945)
- Aplidium areolatum (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Aplidium asperum Drasche, 1883
- Aplidium aurorae (Harant & Vernières, 1938)
- Aplidium australiense Kott, 1963
- Aplidium bacculum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium balleniae Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium benhami (Brewin, 1946)
- Aplidium bermudae (Van Name, 1902)
- Aplidium bilinguae Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium bilingula Monniot & Monniot, 2006
- Aplidium brementi (Harant, 1925)
- Aplidium brevilarvacium Kott, 1963
- Aplidium brevisiphonis Millar, 1964
- Aplidium breviventer Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium broomeiensis Millar, 1963
- Aplidium caelestis Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium caeruleum (Sluiter, 1906)
- Aplidium californicumAplidium californicumAplidium californicum is a species of colonial sea squirt, a tunicate in the family Polyclinidae. It is commonly known as sea pork.-Description:...
(Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) - Aplidium cellis Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium cerebrum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium challengeri Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium chthamalum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium circulatum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
- Aplidium circumvolutum (Sluiter, 1900)
- Aplidium claviforme Hartmeyer, 1912
- Aplidium clivosum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium coei (Ritter, 1901)
- Aplidium colelloides (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium colini Monniot & Monniot, 1999
- Aplidium confusum Sanamyan, 2000
- Aplidium congregatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium conicum (Olivi, 1792)
- Aplidium coniferum Kott, 1963
- Aplidium constellatum (Verrill, 1871)
- Aplidium constrictum (Sluiter, 1900)
- Aplidium controversum Monniot & Monniot, 1996
- Aplidium convergens Monniot & Monniot, 2006
- Aplidium cottrelli (Brewin, 1957)
- Aplidium crateriferum (Sluiter, 1909)
- Aplidium crustatum Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
- Aplidium crustum Kott, 2008
- Aplidium cunhense Millar, 1967
- Aplidium cyaneum Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium cyclophorum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium dakarensis (Peres, 1948)
- Aplidium densum (Giard, 1872)
- Aplidium depressum Sluiter, 1909
- Aplidium diaphanum (Drasche, 1883)
- Aplidium didemniformis Monniot & Gaill, 1978
- Aplidium directum Kott, 1973
- Aplidium disiphonium (Beniaminson, 1975)
- Aplidium distaplium Kott, 1992
- Aplidium draschei Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium dubium (Ritter, 1899)
- Aplidium effrenatum (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium elatum Kott, 1972
- Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)
- Aplidium enigmaticum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
- Aplidium erythraeum (Michaelsen, 1919)
- Aplidium eudistomum Kott, 2008
- Aplidium exiguum (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium exile (Van Name, 1902)
- Aplidium falklandicum Millar, 1960
- Aplidium fistulosum Monniot & Monniot, 1991
- Aplidium flavolineatum (Sluiter, 1898)
- Aplidium fluorescum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium foliaceum (Sluiter, 1900)
- Aplidium formosum Kott, 2006
- Aplidium fragile (Redikorzev, 1927)
- Aplidium fuegiense (Cunningham, 1871)
- Aplidium fumigatum Herdman, 1886
- Aplidium funginum (Sluiter, 1898)
- Aplidium galeritum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
- Aplidium gastrolineatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium gelasinum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium gelatinosum (Medioni, 1970)
- Aplidium geminatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium gibbulosum (Savigny, 1816)
- Aplidium gilvum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium glabrum (Verrill, 1871)
- Aplidium glaphyrum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium globosum (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium gracile Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium griseum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium grisiatum Kott, 1998
- Aplidium haesitans Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
- Aplidium haouarianum (Pérès, 1956)
- Aplidium herdmani Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium hians (Monniot & Gaill, 1978)
- Aplidium hortulus Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium hyacinthum Kott, 2008
- Aplidium hyalinum (Pérès, 1956)
- Aplidium imbutum Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium incubatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium indicum (Renganathan & Monniot, 1984)
- Aplidium inflorescens Kott, 1992
- Aplidium intextum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium inversum (Pérès, 1959)
- Aplidium irregulare (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium jacksoni Kott, 1963
- Aplidium japonicum (Tokioka, 1949)
- Aplidium knoxi (Brewin, 1956)
- Aplidium kottae Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium kurilense (Beniaminson, 1974)
- Aplidium laevigatum (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium laticum Kott, 2006
- Aplidium lebedi Sanamyan, 1998
- Aplidium lenticulum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium lineatum Monniot & Monniot, 1996
- Aplidium litum Monniot & Monniot, 2006
- Aplidium lobatum Savigny, 1816
- Aplidium lodix Kott, 1992
- Aplidium longithorax Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium longum Monniot, 1970
- Aplidium loricatum (Harant & Vernières, 1938)
- Aplidium lubricum (Sluiter, 1898)
- Aplidium lunacratum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium macrolobatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium magellanicum Sanamyan & Schories, 2003
- Aplidium magnilarvum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium marchei (Monniot, 1969)
- Aplidium maritimum (Brewin, 1958)
- Aplidium maroccanum (Sluiter, 1927)
- Aplidium maru Monniot & Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium mauritaniae Sluiter, 1915
- Aplidium mediterraneum (Hartmeyer, 1909)
- Aplidium meridianum (Sluiter, 1906)
- Aplidium mernooensis (Brewin, 1956)
- Aplidium millari Monniot & Monniot, 1994
- Aplidium minisculum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium miripartum Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium monile Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
- Aplidium monoophorum Millar, 1975
- Aplidium monotonicum (Tokioka, 1954)
- Aplidium multilineatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium multipapillatum Millar, 1975
- Aplidium multiplicatum Sluiter, 1909
- Aplidium multisulcatum Millar, 1977
- Aplidium mutabile (Sars, 1851)
- Aplidium nadaense (Nishikawa, 1980)
- Aplidium nema Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1976
- Aplidium nordmanni (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
- Aplidium nottii (Brewin, 1951)
- Aplidium novaezealandiae Brewin, 1952
- Aplidium oamaruensis (Brewin, 1950)
- Aplidium ocellatum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
- Aplidium opacum Kott, 1963
- Aplidium ordinatum (Sluiter, 1906)
- Aplidium ornatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium orthium Millar, 1982
- Aplidium ovum Monniot & Gaill, 1978
- Aplidium paessleri (Michaelsen, 1907)
- Aplidium pallidum (Verrill, 1871)
- Aplidium panis Kott, 2008
- Aplidium pantherinum (Sluiter, 1898)
- Aplidium paralineatum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium parastigmaticum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium parvum Kott, 1963
- Aplidium patriciae Brunetti, 2007
- Aplidium pellucidum (Leidy, 1855)
- Aplidium pentatrema (Monniot, 1972)
- Aplidium pererratum (Sluiter, 1912)
- Aplidium peresi Monniot, 1970
- Aplidium peruvianum Sanamyan & Schories, 2004
- Aplidium petrense Michaelsen, 1916
- Aplidium petrosum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium phortax (Michaelsen, 1924)
- Aplidium pictum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium pliciferum (Redikorzev, 1927)
- Aplidium polarsterni Tatian, Antacli & Sahade, 2005
- Aplidium polybunum (Redikorzev, 1927)
- Aplidium polyglossum Redikorzev, 1930
- Aplidium polytrema (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1983)
- Aplidium powelli (Brewin, 1958)
- Aplidium profundum (Sluiter, 1909)
- Aplidium proliferum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
- Aplidium pronum Kott, 1975
- Aplidium propinquum (Van Name, 1945)
- Aplidium protectans (Herdman, 1899)
- Aplidium pseudolobatum (Pérès, 1956)
- Aplidium pseudoradiatum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium punctum (Giard, 1873)
- Aplidium pusillum Monniot & Monniot, 1991
- Aplidium quadrisulcatum Millar, 1960
- Aplidium quadriversum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium quinquesulcatum Millar, 1977
- Aplidium radiatum (Sluiter, 1906)
- Aplidium radicosum (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1979)
- Aplidium recumbens (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium retiforme (Herdman)
- Aplidium rhabdocormi Nishikawa, 1990
- Aplidium ritteri (Sluiter, 1895)
- Aplidium robustum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium rosaceum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium rosarium Kott, 1992
- Aplidium rubricollum Kott, 1963
- Aplidium rubripunctum Monniot & Monniot, 1997
- Aplidium rubrum (Tokioka, 1962)
- Aplidium ruzickai Sanamyan & Gleason, 2009
- Aplidium sacciferum Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium sagamiense (Tokioka, 1967)
- Aplidium sagresensis Ramos-Espla, Turon & Vazquez, 1993
- Aplidium sarasinorum (Fiedler)
- Aplidium scabellum (Michaelsen, 1924)
- Aplidium schaudinni Hartmeyer, 1903
- Aplidium schultzei Hartmeyer, 1913
- Aplidium scyphus Monniot & Monniot, 1991
- Aplidium seeligeri Millar, 1960
- Aplidium siderum Monniot & Monniot, 1983
- Aplidium siphonum (Brewin, 1956)
- Aplidium soldatovi (Redikorzev, 1937)
- Aplidium solidumAplidium solidumAplidium solidum is a species of colonial sea squirts, a tunicate in the family Polyclinidae. It is commonly known as the red ascidian or sea pork.-Description:...
(Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) - Aplidium solum Monniot & Monniot, 1974
- Aplidium spauldingi (Ritter, 1907)
- Aplidium spitzbergense Hartmeyer, 1903
- Aplidium spongiforme (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium stanleyi Millar, 1960
- Aplidium stellatum (Verrill, 1871)
- Aplidium stelliferum (Sluiter, 1900)
- Aplidium tabachniki Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999
- Aplidium tabarquensis Ramos-Espla, 1991
- Aplidium tabascum Kott, 1992
- Aplidium takii (Tokioka, 1959)
- Aplidium tasmaniensis Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999
- Aplidium tenuicaudum (Beniaminson, 1974)
- Aplidium thomasi Brewin, 1948
- Aplidium thomsoni Brewin, 1946
- Aplidium translucidum (Ritter, 1901)
- Aplidium traustedti Millar, 1977
- Aplidium tridentatum (Daumézon, 1909)
- Aplidium triggsense Kott, 1963
- Aplidium tuberosum Kott, 2008
- Aplidium turbinatum (Savigny, 1816)
- Aplidium undulatum Monniot & Gaill, 1978
- Aplidium unicornum Millar, 1982
- Aplidium uouo Monniot & Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium urgorrii Vazquez, 1994
- Aplidium uteute Monniot & Monniot, 1987
- Aplidium vanhoeffeni Hartmeyer, 1911
- Aplidium variabile (Herdman, 1886)
- Aplidium vastum (Sluiter, 1912)
- Aplidium vemense Millar, 1968
- Aplidium vexillum Monniot & Gaill, 1978
- Aplidium violaceum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
- Aplidium vulcanium Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Aplidium wroomeiensis Millar, 1963
- Aplidium yamazii (Tokioka, 1949)
- Aplidium yezoense Tokioka, 1967