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

Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Didemnum*	Savigny, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: compound sea squirt

Literature

original description	Kott, P. (2002) A complex didemnid ascidian from Whangamata, New Zealand J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 82: 625-628
additional source	Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
GenBank (341 nucleotides; 319 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2014). Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250126