Aplidium albicansAplidium albicans is a toxic sea squirt native to the Mediterranean Sea.RangeNative to the Mediterranean Sea. Population density is sparse in its native range.ToxinsA. albicans contains aplidine, found by Steiner et al 2015 and Borjan et al 2015 to be a cytotoxin and antiangiogenic. The toxin is structurally and functionally almost identical to toxins produced by the genus Tistrella of marine bacteria.AquacultureAquaculture of A. albicans has not been economically feasible as of 2008.