Aplidium

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.

Aplidium
Aplidium californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Enterogona
Suborder:	Aplousobranchia
Family:	Polyclinidae
Genus:	Aplidium Savigny, 1816
Species
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Species

Aplidium elegans

The following species are listed in this genus according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

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 californicum (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 solidum (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

References

1. Aplidium Savigny, 1816 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-20.