Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Didemnum cineraceum (Sluiter, 1898)

tunicado, Tunicate

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Ascidiacea

Order
Aplousobranchia

Family
Didemnidae

Genus
Didemnum

Species
cineraceum

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
  • Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
  • Keith, I. Dawson, P. (2016) Marine invasive species: establishing pathways, their presence and potential threats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve Pacific Conservation Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC15020
  • Lambert, G. (2019) Fouling ascidians (Chordata: Ascidiacea) of the Galápagos: Santa Cruz and Baltra Islands Aquatic Invasion, Volume 14, Issue 1: 132–149

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"Galapagos Species Database, Didemnum cineraceum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7861. Accessed 31 October 2026.