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Sea Vomit

Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The sea vomit (Didemnum vexillum) is a species in the family Didemnidae, order Aplousobranchia.

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Quick facts about the sea vomit

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 sea vomit live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sea vomit as introduced in 10 countries, and flagged as invasive in 5 of them.

  1. Canadainvasive
  2. Franceinvasive
  3. Irelandinvasive
  4. Norwayinvasive
  5. United Kingdominvasive
  6. Australia
  7. Italy
  8. Mexico
  9. New Zealand
  10. United States

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 sea vomit 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 sea vomit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderAplousobranchia
  5. familyDidemnidae
  6. genusDidemnum
  7. SpeciesDidemnum vexillum Kott, 2002

Synonyms Didemnum candidum, Didemnum pardum, Didemnum vestitum, Didemnum vestum

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Carpet sea squirtEnglish
  • Compound sea squirtEnglish
  • Marine VomitEnglish
  • Pancake Batter tunicateEnglish
  • Didemne étendardFrench
  • Didemno tappetoItalian
  • havnespyNorwegian Bokmål
  • druipzakpijpDutch
  • hamnespyNorwegian Nynorsk
  • havsspyaSwedish
  • Pâte à crêpeFrench
  • japansk sjøpungNorwegian Bokmål
  • Japanse druipzakpijpDutch
  • filtsjöpungSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sea vomit

Other species in the same genus Didemnum.

White crust

Didemnum candidum

DidemnidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the sea vomit an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the sea vomit as invasive in 5 countries: Canada, France, Ireland, Norway and United Kingdom. It lists it as introduced in 10 in all.

What kind of animal is the sea vomit?

The sea vomit (Didemnum vexillum) 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). Sea Vomit (Didemnum vexillum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sea-vomit

MLA

“Sea Vomit (Didemnum vexillum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sea-vomit.

BibTeX
@misc{sea_vomit_2026,
  title = {Sea Vomit (Didemnum vexillum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sea-vomit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}