Species under Aplidium
n= 230
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Aplidium abyssum
Kott, 1969
Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Pacific
Aplidium accarense
(Millar, 1953)
Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium acropodium
Monniot & Gaill, 1978
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium acroporum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium aegeaensis
(Hartmeyer, 1904)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium africanum
Sluiter, 1905
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium agulhaense
Hartmeyer, 1912
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium albicans
(Milne-Edwards, 1841)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium altarium
(Sluiter, 1909)
Indo-West Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium amorphatum
Kott, 1963
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium amphibolum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium annulatum
Sluiter, 1906
Antarctic 2
Aplidium antillense
(Gravier, 1955)
Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium appendiculatum
(Michaelsen, 1923)
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium arenatum
(Van Name, 1945)
Northeast Pacific
Aplidium argus
(Milne-Edwards, 1841)
Europe
Aplidium asperum
Drasche, 1883
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium aurorae
(Harant & Vernières, 1938)
Antarctic
Aplidium australiense
Kott, 1963
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium bacculum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium balleniae
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Aplidium bermudae
(Van Name, 1902)
Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium bilinguae
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic
Aplidium bilingula
Monniot & Monniot, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium blochmanni
(Heiden, 1894)
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium brementi
(Harant, 1925)
Mediterranean
Aplidium brevilarvacium
Kott, 1963
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium breviventer
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium caelestis
Monniot, 1987
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium caeruleum
Lahille, 1890
Mediterranean and the Antarctic
Aplidium californicum
(Ritter & Forsyth, 1917)
California sea pork Pacific Ocean 2
Aplidium cellis
Monniot, 1987
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium cerebrum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium challengeri
Brunetti, 2007
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium chthamalum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium circulatum
(Hartmeyer, 1912)
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium circumvolutum
(Sluiter, 1900)
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium clivosum
Kott, 1992
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium coei
(Ritter, 1901)
Northeast Pacific
Aplidium colelloides
Herdman, 1886
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium colini
Monniot & Monniot, 1999
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium complanatum
(Herdman, 1886)
Antarctic
Aplidium confusum
Sanamyan, 2000
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium congregatum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium conicum
(Olivi, 1792)
Conical sea squirt Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Aplidium coniferum
Kott, 1963
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium constellatum
(Verrill, 1871)
Northern sea pork Northwest Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium constrictum
(Sluiter, 1900)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium controversum
Monniot & Monniot, 1996
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium convergens
Monniot & Monniot, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium cottrelli
(Brewin, 1957)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium crateriferum
(Sluiter, 1909)
Crater sea squirt Indo-Pacific
Aplidium crustatum
Monniot, 2001
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium cunhaense
Herdman, 1882
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium cunhense
Millar, 1967
Southeast Atlantic and Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium cyaneum
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Aplidium cyclophorum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium densum
(Giard, 1872)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Aplidium depressum
Sluiter, 1909
Western Pacific
Aplidium didemniformis
Monniot & Gaill, 1978
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium directum
Kott, 1972
Western Pacific
Aplidium disiphonium
Beniaminson, 1975
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium distaplium
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium draschei
Brunetti, 2007
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium dubium
(Ritter, 1899)
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium effrenatum
(Herdman, 1886)
Southwest Atlantic
Aplidium elatum
Kott, 1972
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium elegans
(Giard, 1872)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium enigmaticum
Monniot & Monniot, 1985
Atlantic Ocean
Aplidium exiguun
Herdman, 1886
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium exile
Van Name, 1902
Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium falklandicum
Millar, 1960
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium fistulosum
Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium flavolineatum
(Sluiter, 1898)
Rosette sea squirt Indo-West Pacific, Southeast Atlantic, and the Antarctic 1.5
Aplidium fluorescum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium fuegiense
Cunningham, 1871
Orange ascidian Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium fumigatum
Herdman, 1886
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium funginum
(Sluiter, 1898)
Western Central Atlantic and Antarctica
Aplidium galeritum
Hartmeyer, 1912
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium gastrolineatum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium gelasinum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium gelatinosum
(Medioni, 1970)
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium geminatum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium gibbulosum
(Savigny, 1816)
Mediterranean
Aplidium gilvum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium glabrum
(Verrill, 1871)
Northern Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic 7
Aplidium glaphyrum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium globosum
(Herdman, 1886)
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium gracile
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium griseum
Lahille, 1890
Mediterranean
Aplidium grisiatum
Kott, 1998
Mediterranean. Western Central Pacific 7
Aplidium haesitans
Monniot, 2001
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium haouarianum
(Pérès, 1956)
Mediterranean
Aplidium hians
(Monniot & Gaill, 1978)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium hyalinum
(Pérès, 1956)
Mediterranean
Aplidium imbutum
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and Antarctic
Aplidium incubatum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium inflorescens
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium intextum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium inversum
(Pérès, 1959)
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium irregulare
(Herdman, 1886)
Antarctic, Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium jacksoni
Kott, 1963
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium knoxi
(Brewin, 1956)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium kottae
Brunetti, 2007
Northeast Pacific
Aplidium laevigatum
Herdman, 1886
Southwest Atlantic, Southeast Pacific and Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium lebedi
Sanamyan, 1998
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium lenticulum
Kott, 1992
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium leviventer
(Monniot & Gaill, 1978)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium lineatum
Monniot & Monniot, 1996
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium litum
Monniot & Monniot, 2006
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium lobatum
Savigny, 1816
Cosmopolitan
Aplidium lodix
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium longicaudatum
(Sluiter, 1912)
Antarctic
Aplidium longithorax
Monniot, 1987
Western Pacific
Aplidium longum
Monniot, 1970
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium loricatum
(Harant & Vernières, 1938)
Antarctic
Aplidium lubricum
Sluiter, 1898
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium lunacratum
Kott, 1992
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium macrolobatum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium magellanicum
Sanamyan & Schories, 2003
Common sea daisy Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium magnilarvum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium maritimum
(Brewin, 1958)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium maru
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium mediterraneum
(Hartmeyer, 1909)
Mediterranean and Atlantic
Aplidium meridianum
(Sluiter, 1906)
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium mernooensis
(Brewin, 1956)
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium millari
Monniot & Monniot, 1994
Antarctic
Aplidium minisculum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium miripartum
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic
Aplidium monile
Monniot, 2001
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium monoophorum
Millar, 1975
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium monotonicum
Tokioka, 1954
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium multilineatum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium multipapillatum
Millar, 1975
Western Pacific
Aplidium multiplicatum
Sluiter, 1909
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium multisulcatum
Millar, 1977
Southwest Atlantic
Aplidium mutabile
(Sars, 1851)
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium nadaense
(Nishikawa, 1980)
Western Pacific
Aplidium nema
Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium nigrum
(Herdman, 1886)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium nordmanni
(Milne-Edwards, 1841)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium nottii
(Brewin, 1951)
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific
Aplidium novaezealandiae
Brewin, 1952
Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium ocellatum
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium octoversum
Millar, 1975
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium oculatum
Beniaminson, 1974
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium opacum
Kott, 1963
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium ordinatum
(Sluiter, 1906)
Antarctic
Aplidium ornatum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium orthium
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium ovum
Monniot & Gaill, 1978
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
Aplidium paessleri
(Michaelsen, 1907)
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium pallidum
(Verrill, 1871)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium pantherinum
(Sluiter, 1898)
Southeast Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific, and the Antarctic
Aplidium paralineatum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium parastigmaticum
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium parvum
Kott, 1963
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium pellucidum
(Leidy, 1885)
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium pentatrema
(Monniot, 1972)
Western Atlantic 1.2
Aplidium peresi
Monniot, 1970
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium peruvianum
Sanamyan & Schories, 2004
Southeast Pacific
Aplidium petrense
Michaelsen,
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium petrosum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium phortax
(Michaelsen, 1924)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium pictum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium pliciferum
Redikorzev, 1927
Pacific Ocean
Aplidium polybunum
Redikorzev, 1927
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium polytrema
(Monniot & Monniot, 1983)
Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium profundum
(Sluiter, 1909)
Cosmopolitan
Aplidium proliferum
(Milne-Edwards, 1841)
Cosmopolitan
Aplidium pronum
Kott, 1975
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium propinquum
(Van Name, 1945)
Eastern Central Pacific
Aplidium pseudolobatum
(Pérès, 1956)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium pseudoradiatum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium punctum
(Giard, 1873)
Orange flake ascidian Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Aplidium pusillum
Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium quadrisulcatum
Millar, 1960
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium quadriversum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium quinquesulcatum
Millar, 1977
Atlantic Ocean
Aplidium radiatum
(Sluiter, 1906)
Antarctic 10
Aplidium radicosum
(Monniot & Monniot, 1979)
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium recumbens
(Herdman, 1886)
Antarctic, Atlantic and South Pacific
Aplidium retiforme
Herdman, 1886
Southeast Atlantic, Antarctic and Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium ritteri
(Sluiter, 1895)
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium robustum
Kott, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium rosaceum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium rosarium
Kott, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium rubricollum
Kott, 1963
Eastern Indian Ocean
Aplidium rubripunctum
Monniot & Monniot, 1997
Western Indian Ocean
Aplidium ruzickai
Sanamyan & Gleason, 2009
Western Central Atlantic
Aplidium sacciferum
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium sagamiense
Tokioka, 1967
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium sagresensis
Ramos-Espla, Turon & Vazquez, 1993
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium sarasinorum
Fielder, 1889
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium scabellum
Michaelsen, 1924
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium schaudinni
Hartmeyer, 1903
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium scyphus
Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Aplidium seeligeri
Millar, 1960
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium siderum
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic
Aplidium soldatovi
(Reedikorzev, 1937)
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium solidum
(Ritter & Forsyth, 1917)
Red Sea pork Indo-Pacific 0.3
Aplidium spauldingi
(Ritter, 1907)
Northeast Pacific
Aplidium spitzbergense
Hartmeyer, 1903
Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
Aplidium stanleyi
Millar, 1960
Antarctic Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium stellatum
(Verrill, 1871)
Western Atlantic 20
Aplidium stelliferum
(Sluiter, 1900)
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium stewartense
(Michaelsen, 1924)
Southern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, and the Antarctic
Aplidium tabachniki
Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium tabarquensis
Ramos-Espla, 1991
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Aplidium tabascum
Kott, 1992
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium tasmaniensis
Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium tenuicaudum
(Beniaminson, 1974)
Northwest Pacific
Aplidium translucidum
(Ritter, 1901)
Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
Aplidium traustedti
Millar, 1977
Southwest Atlantic
Aplidium tridentatum
(Daumézon, 1909)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Aplidium triggsense
Kott, 1963
Indo-West Pacific
Aplidium triplex
(Sluiter, 1906)
Antarctic and Southwest Atlantic, and Southeast Pacific
Aplidium tubiferus
Monniot, 2001
Southwest Indian Ocean
Aplidium turbinatum
Savigny, 1816
Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Aplidium undulatum
Monniot & Gaill, 1978
Southwest Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean and the Antarctic
Aplidium unicornum
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Aplidium uouo
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Eastern Central Pacific
Aplidium urgorrii
Vazquez, 1994
Northeast Atlantic
Aplidium uteute
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Western Pacific
Aplidium vanhoeffeni
Hartmeyer, 1911
Antarctic
Aplidium variabile
(Herdman, 1886)
Sea chameleon Southwest Atlantic, Southern Pacific and the Antarctic
Aplidium vastum
(Sluiter, 1912)
Antarctic
Aplidium vemense
Millar, 1968
Southeast Atlantic
Aplidium vexillum
Monniot & Gaill, 1978
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Aplidium vulcanium
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
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