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

Diplosoma Macdonald, 1859

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diplosoma carnosum Drasche, 1883
Diplosoma lafargueae Vazquez, 1993
Diplosoma listerianum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Diplosoma ponticum Romanov, 1989
Diplosoma singulare Lafargue, 1968
Diplosoma spongiforme (Giard, 1872)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ネンエキボヤ属

Literature

original description	Macdonald, J. D. (1859). On the anatomical characters of a remarkable form of compound Tunicata. Trans. Linnean Soc. London. 22: 373-375.
basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Diplosoma Macdonald, 1859. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103457