Didemnum maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
(a sea squirt)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDidemnum maculosum (a sea squirt)
GenusDidemnum (a genus of sea squirts)
FamilyDIDEMNIDAE (a family of sea squirts)
OrderAPLOUSOBRANCHIA (a suborder of sea squirts)
ClassASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts)
SubphylumTUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Didemnum maculosum (a sea squirt) :
1: Didemnum maculosum (a sea squirt)
22 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
colony on base of seaweed
Image 1: Colony - in situ - with two gastropod egg capsulesImage 2: Colony - close-up showing gastropod egg capsule - enlargedImage 3: Colony - close-up showing two gastropod egg capsules - enlargedImage 4: Colony surface - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Colony surface - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Colony surface - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Colony surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Colony surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 9: Gastropod egg capsule - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Gastropod egg capsule - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Gastropod egg capsule - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Gastropod egg capsule - close-up - magnified (2)Image 13: Purple pigmentation - microscope low magnificationImage 14: Purple pigmentation - microscope low magnification (2)Image 15: Spicules - magnifiedImage 16: Spicules - magnified (2)Image 17: Spicules - microscope low magnificationImage 18: Spicules - microscope low magnification (2)Image 19: Spicules - microscope low magnification (3)Image 20: Zooid? and purple pigmentation - magnifiedImage 21: Zooid? and purple pigmentation - magnified (2)Image 22: Zooid? - microscope low magnification

Didemnum maculosum (a sea squirt) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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