Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
(a sea squirt)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiplosoma listerianum (a sea squirt)
GenusDiplosoma (a genus of tunicates)
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 Diplosoma listerianum (a sea squirt) :
1: Diplosoma listerianum (a sea squirt) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
21 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
transparent colonial seasquirt (Family Didemnidae, probably Diplosoma listerianum) overlying a pink encrusting coralline alga (Family Corallinaceae, possibly Lithophyllum incrustans)
Image 1: Colony - close-up - enlarged

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

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