Botrylloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stolidobranchia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Classis: Ascidiacea
Ordo: Stolidobranchia

Familia: Styelidae
Genus: Botrylloides
Species (16): B. aureum B. chevalense B. delicatus B. diegensis B. fuscus B. giganteum B. israeliense B. leachii B. lenis B. lentus B. nigrum B. perspicuus B. saccus B. simodensis B. superbum B. violaceus

Name

Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841

Synonyms

  • Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923
  • Sarcobotrylloides Drasche, 1883

References

Primary references

  • Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 18: 217–326.

Additional references

  • Brunetti, R. 2009. Botryllid species (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with some considerations on the systematics of Botryllinae. Zootaxa, 2289: 18–32. Abstract & excerpt
  • Brunetti, R.; Mastrototaro, F. 2012. Botrylloides pizoni, a new species of Botryllinae (Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 3258: 28–36. Preview PDF
  • Masako O. Atsumi & Yasunori Saito 2011. Studies on Japanese Botryllid Ascidians. V. A New Species of the Genus Botrylloides Very Similar to Botrylloides simodensis in Morphology. Zoological Science, 28(7): 532–542. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.532
  • Euichi Hirose, Maki Shirae & Yasunori Saito 2002. Colony Specificity in the Xenogeneic Combinations among Four Botrylloides Species (Urochordata, Ascidiacea). Zoological Science, 19(7): 747–753. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.747
  • Ryland, J.S. 2015. Gender of the genus Botrylloides Milne Edwards (1841) [Tunicata: Ascidiacea]. Zootaxa 3973(2): 398–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.13. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chain Sea Squirts; Chain Tunicates
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