WoRMS taxon details
Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886)
250115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250115)
accepted
Species
Didemnum productum Monniot F., 1995 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptoclinum tonga Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptoclinum tonga Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]
Type locality contained in Tongatapu
type locality contained in Tongatapu [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Didemnum tonga (Herdman, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250115 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptoclinum tonga Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]
original description (of Didemnum productum Monniot F., 1995) Monniot, F. (1995). Ascidies de Nouvelle-Caledonie. 15. Le genre Didemnum. <em>Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris, 4e ser.</em> section A, 2-4: 299-344.
page(s): 323, fig.13, pl. 3a. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kott, P. (2001). The australian Ascidiacea Part 4, Aplousobranchia (3), Didemnidae. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-407. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Didemnum productum Monniot F., 1995) Monniot, F. (1995). Ascidies de Nouvelle-Caledonie. 15. Le genre Didemnum. <em>Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris, 4e ser.</em> section A, 2-4: 299-344.
page(s): 323, fig.13, pl. 3a. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kott, P. (2001). The australian Ascidiacea Part 4, Aplousobranchia (3), Didemnidae. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-407. [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Kott P. & Goodbody I. (1982). The ascidians of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp 503-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Unknown type (of Didemnum productum Monniot F., 1995) MNHN A2 DID.C 263, geounit New Caledonia [details]
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Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Ditong [details]
