WoRMS taxon details
Didemnum contortum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
212512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212512)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2
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Holotype MNHN A2 Did.C 410, geounit Zanzibar
, Note Tanzania, west of Zanzibar town, Neange Reef,...
Holotype MNHN A2 Did.C 410, geounit Zanzibar [details]
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Type locality Tanzania, west of Zanzibar town, Neange Reef, 27 m, 6°12.00'S-039°07.80'E (CRRF coll.), Type: MNHN A2 Did C 410 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997). [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum contortum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212512 on 2025-08-23
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2000-08-31 08:09:39Z
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Vermaercke, Sigrid
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Nomenclature
original description
Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2
page(s): 5, Fig. 3C, 4; pl. 1A. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 5, Fig. 3C, 4; pl. 1A. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN A2 Did.C 410, geounit Zanzibar [details]
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Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Dicont [details]Remark This species looks like Didemnum spengioides Sluiter, 1909, or Didemnum roberti Michaelsen, 1930, or Didemnum diffundum F. Monniot,1994, except for its colour. The common cloacal openings have the same location on top of the colony's lobes, and the internal layer of the thickened parts has the same structure with a central core of tunic crossed by branched solid strands. But in this species the zooids have a cloacal languet. [details]
Type locality Tanzania, west of Zanzibar town, Neange Reef, 27 m, 6°12.00'S-039°07.80'E (CRRF coll.), Type: MNHN A2 Did C 410 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997). [details]
