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<==o Didemnidae ()?
   |--o Didemnum ()?
   |  |-- D. albidum (Verrill, 1871)
   |  |-- D. amourouxi Lafargue, 1976
   |  |-- D. coccineum (Drasche, 1883)
   |  |-- D. commune (Della Valle, 1877)
   |  |-- D. coriaceum (Drasche, 1883)
   |  |-- D. drachi Lafargue, 1975
   |  |-- D. fulgens Milne-Edwards, 1841
   |  |-- D. granulosum (Drasche, 1883)
   |  |-- D. lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909
   |  |-- D. maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) [= D. asperum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)]
   |  |-- D. membranaceum Sluiter, 1909
   |  |-- D. perspicuum Giard, 1873
   |  |-- D. peyreffitense Brément, 1913
   |  |-- D. polare (Hartmeyer, 1903)
   |  |-- D. protectum (Daumézon, 1908)
   |  |-- D. pseudofulgens Médioni, 1970
   |  `-- D. romssae Marks, 1996
   |--o Diplosoma ()?
   |  |-- D. carnosum Drasche, 1883
   |  |-- D. lafargueae Vazquez, 1993
   |  |-- D. listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
   |  |-- D. ponticum Romanov, 1989
   |  |-- D. singulare Lafargue, 1968
   |  `-- D. spongiforme Giard, 1872
   |--o Leptoclinides
   |  |-- L. faeroensis Bjerkan, 1905
   |  `-- L. rufus (Sluiter, 1909)
   |--o Lissoclinum ()?
   |  |-- L. aureum Verrill, 1871
   |  |-- L. bistratum (Sluiter, 1905)
   |  |-- L. perforatum (Giard, 1872)
   |  |-- L. rubrum Monniot F., 1975
   |  `-- L. weigelei Lafargue, 1968
   |--o Polysyncraton ()? [6]
   |  |-- P. amethysteum (Van Name, 1902)
   |  |-- P. asterix Monniot F., 1975
   |  |-- P. bilobatum Lafargue, 1968
   |  |-- P. canetense (Brément, 1913)
   |  |-- P. haranti Lafargue, 1975
   |  `-- P. lacazei (Giard, 1872)
   `--o Trididemnum
      |-- T. cereum (Giard, 1872)
      |-- T. delesseriae Lafargue, 1968
      |-- T. inarmatum (Drasche, 1883)
      |-- T. pedunculatum Lafargue et al., 1993
      |-- T. tenerum (Verrill, 1871)
      `-- T. translucidum (Lafargue, 1968) [Didemnopsis translucidum]

Reference(s):

Anonymous, 2000: Wild Guide to Moreton Bay - Taxonomic listing.
–iNet: Queensland Museum: http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/organisation/publications/wildguides/moretonbay/taxalist/CHORDATA--SUBPHYLUM-TUNICATA.asp

Bouchet, P., 1999: Tunicata: Brief checklist.
–iNet: European Register of Marine Species: http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/list/brief/tunicata.shtml

 
Special thanks to:

Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering information and species of these animals.

 

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