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Botryllus Gaertner, 1774 
AphiaID: 103529

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Styelidae Sluiter, 1895
Synonymised
taxa
  Alcyonium Pallas, 1766
Myxobotrus Oka, 1931
Parabotryllus Kott, 1975
Polycyclus Lamarck, 1815
Sources  basis of record: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål kolonisekkdyr  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk kolonisekkdyr  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Species Botryllus arenaceus Monniot, 1988
Species Botryllus aster Monniot, 1991
Species Botryllus closionis Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
Species Botryllus compositus Tokioka, 1967
Species Botryllus delicatus Okuyama & Saito, 2001
Species Botryllus eilatensis Shenkar & Monniot, 2006
Species Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Botryllus firmus Monniot & Monniot, 1996
Species Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Botryllus horridus Saito & Okuyama, 2003
Species Botryllus japonicus (Oka, 1931)
Species Botryllus maeandrius (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Botryllus magnus Ritter, 1901
Species Botryllus mortenseni Millar, 1964
Species Botryllus ovalis Monniot, 1988
Species Botryllus perspicuum Herdman, 1886
Species Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902)
Species Botryllus primigenus Oka, 1928
Species Botryllus promiscuus Okuyama & Saito, 2002
Species Botryllus puniceus Saito & Nagasawa, 2003
Species Botryllus renierii (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Botryllus rosaceus Savigny, 1816
Species Botryllus scalaris Saito & Mukai, 1981
Species Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus separatus Sluiter, 1904
Species Botryllus sexiensis Saito & Watanabe, 1981
Species Botryllus stewartensis Brewin, 1958
Species Botryllus stuhlmanni Michaelsen, 1918
Species Botryllus tabori Rodrigues, 1962
Species Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917

Species Botryllus racemosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (nomen dubium)

Species Botryllus anceps (Herdman, 1891) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus anomalus Millar, 1962 accepted as Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Botryllus aureus (Sars, 1851) accepted as Botrylloides aureum (Sars, 1851)
Species Botryllus aurolineatus Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus badium Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus badius Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus bivittatus Milne-Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus calendula Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus calyculatus Alder & Hancock, 1907 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus castaneus Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus chevalense (Herdman, 1906) accepted as Botrylloides chevalense Herdman, 1906
Species Botryllus communis Oka, 1927 accepted as Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Botryllus diegense (Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) accepted as Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Botryllus eligulatum (Beniaminson, 1975) accepted as Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Botryllus gemmeus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus giganteum Aron & Sole Cava, 1991 accepted as Botrylloides giganteum (Pérès, 1949)
Species Botryllus gouldii Verrill, 1871 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus gracilis Michaelsen, 1927 accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus humilis Monniot, 1988 accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botryllus lenis author unknown accepted as Botrylloides lenis Saito & Watanabe, 1985
Species Botryllus leptus (Herdman, 1899) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botryllus magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Species Botryllus magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Species Botryllus marionis Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus miniatus Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus minutus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus morio Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus mortensi Millar, 1964 accepted as Botryllus mortenseni Millar, 1964
Species Botryllus namei Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928 accepted as Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902)
Species Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886
Species Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886
Species Botryllus okai Monniot, 1988 accepted as Botryllus magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Species Botryllus perspicuus (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides perspicuus (Herdman, 1886)
Species Botryllus polycyclus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus pruinosus Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus pupureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botryllus purpureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus purpureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus rubens Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus rubigo Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus rufus (Oka, 1927) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botryllus saccus (Kott, 2003) accepted as Botrylloides saccus Kott, 2003
Species Botryllus simodensis author unknown accepted as Botrylloides simodensis Saito & Watanabe, 1981
Species Botryllus smaragdus Milne-Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus stellatus Gaertner, 1774 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus tyreus (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botryllus violaceus Milne-Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus violatinctus Hartmeyer, 1909 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Species Botryllus virescens Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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Botryllus sp.
Botryllus sp.
added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103529
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2007-12-05 10:29:40Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Botryllus Gaertner, 1774. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103529 on 2013-05-24
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