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Didemnum patulum

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Didemnum patulum is a species in the family Didemnidae, order Aplousobranchia.

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Quick facts about Didemnum patulum

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Didemnum patulum live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Didemnum patulum as introduced in 1 country.

  1. New Zealand

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Didemnum patulum endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Didemnum patulum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderAplousobranchia
  5. familyDidemnidae
  6. genusDidemnum
  7. SpeciesDidemnum patulum (Herdman, 1899)

Synonyms Didemnum patalum, Leptoclinum patulum

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Didemnum patulum

Other species in the same genus Didemnum.

Sea Vomit

Didemnum vexillum

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White crust

Didemnum candidum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Didemnum patulum an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Didemnum patulum as introduced in 1 country: New Zealand, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Didemnum patulum?

Didemnum patulum (Didemnum patulum) belongs to the family Didemnidae in the order Aplousobranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Didemnum patulum (Didemnum patulum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/didemnum-patulum

MLA

“Didemnum patulum (Didemnum patulum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/didemnum-patulum.

BibTeX
@misc{didemnum_patulum_2026,
  title = {Didemnum patulum (Didemnum patulum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/didemnum-patulum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}