Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Didemnum molle ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata-Tunicata; class: Ascidiacea; order: Aplousobranchia ; family: Didemnidae ; genus: Didemnum ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Herdman, 1886); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 2; maximumDepthInMeters: 489; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Forms urn-shaped structures with linked zooids that are anchored to the substratum. Approximately 14 cm in the longest dimension. Contains cyanobacteria in its tissue. Similar to Haliclona sp. (Fig. 281).