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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Polyclinidae
Genus: Aplidium
Savigny, 1816
Species
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Synonyms
  • Alidium Oken, 1829
  • Alipidium Della Valle, 1882
  • Fragaroides Maurice, 1888
  • Macrenteron Redikorzev, 1927
Aplidium elegans

Species

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

References

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