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Overgrowing mat tunicate

Trididemnum solidum (Van Name, 1902)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The overgrowing mat tunicate (Trididemnum solidum) is a species in the family Didemnidae, order Aplousobranchia.

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Quick facts about the overgrowing mat tunicate

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 the overgrowing mat tunicate live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the overgrowing mat tunicate as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in all of them.

  1. Arubainvasive
  2. Caribbean Netherlandsinvasive
  3. Curaçaoinvasive
  4. Sint Maarteninvasive

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 the overgrowing mat tunicate 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 the overgrowing mat tunicate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderAplousobranchia
  5. familyDidemnidae
  6. genusTrididemnum
  7. SpeciesTrididemnum solidum (Van Name, 1902)

Synonyms Didemnum solidum

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Ascidie blanche encroûtanteFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the overgrowing mat tunicate

Other species in the same genus Trididemnum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the overgrowing mat tunicate an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the overgrowing mat tunicate as invasive in 4 countries: Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the overgrowing mat tunicate?

The overgrowing mat tunicate (Trididemnum solidum) 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). Overgrowing mat tunicate (Trididemnum solidum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/overgrowing-mat-tunicate

MLA

“Overgrowing mat tunicate (Trididemnum solidum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/overgrowing-mat-tunicate.

BibTeX
@misc{overgrowing_mat_tunicate_2026,
  title = {Overgrowing mat tunicate (Trididemnum solidum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/overgrowing-mat-tunicate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}