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Didemnidae

Synonyms: Coelocormidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Didemnidae is a family of colonial tunicates in the order Enterogona. These marine animals are found in shallow water on the seabed. Members of this family have small zooids that form encrusting colonies. The body of each zooid is divided into a thorax and an abdomen.
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Genus

Atriolum (11)
Clitella (1)
Coelocormus (1)
Didemnum (White spongy tunicate) (249)
Diplosoma (43)
Leptoclinides (80)
Lissoclinum (65)
Polysyncraton (103)
Trididemnum (Savigny's encrusting tunicate) (75)   (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0