Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific Author Monniot, Françoise Author Monniot, Claude UPESA 8044, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins et Malacologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris (France) monniot @ mnhn. fr. monniot@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2001 23 2 201 383 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5391440 1638-9387 5391440 Didemnum molle ( Herdman, 1886 ) Diplosomoides molle Herdman, 1886: 310 . Type locality: Aru Island. Didemnum molle – Monniot F. & Monniot C. 1996: 157, Indonesia , and synonymy. MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Federated States of Micronesia . Chuuk , Onang Island, 7°13.46’N , 151°37.78’E , 15 m , 3. VI .1992 ( MNHN A2 DID .C 420). Papua New Guinea . Louisiade Archipelago, Deboyne Lagoon, Nivani Island, 10°47.46’S , 152°23.08’E , 8 m , 30. V .1998 ( MNHN A2 DID .C 461). — Bootless Inlet, N Motupore Island, 9°31.22’S , 147°17.09’E , 0.5 m , 17. VI .1998 ( MNHN A2 DID .C 462).