WoRMS taxon details
Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927
AphiaID: 148715
AphiaID: 148715
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botrylloides (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Botrylloides aurantium Oka, 1927 (original combination) Botrylloides carnosum Oka, 1927 (original combination) Botrylloides lateritium Beniaminson, 1975 (original combination) Botrylloides violaceum Oka, 1927 (incorrect original spelling) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Oka, A. (1927) Zur kenntnis der japanishen Botryllidae (Vorlaufige Mitteilung) Proc. Imp. Acad., 3: 607-609. [details] basis of record: Faasse, M.; De Blauwe, H. (2002). De exotische samengestelde zakpijp Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 in Nederland (Ascidiacea: Pleurogona: Styelidae) [The exotic colonial tunicate Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 in the Netherlands (Ascidiacea: Pleurogona: Styelidae)]. Het Zeepaard 62(5): 136-141 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Saito, Ya., H. Mukai, H. Watanabe (1981) Studies on Japanese styelid ascidians 2. A new species of the genus Botrylloides and redescription of B. vioolaceus Oka Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 26: 357-368. [details] from synonym: Beniaminson, T.S. (1975) New species of colonial ascidians of the family Botryllidae from the Possjet Bay, Sea of Japan Mar. Biol., 1: 39-42. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Breskens [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Yerseke [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Guide to the exotic species of San Francisco bay - Botrylloides violaceus Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Alien species: The colony-forming sea squirt Botrylloides violaceus was originally only found in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean. Transported via attachment to ship hulls or to living marine organisms, the species reached Europe before 1998, where it spread further through attachment on yachts. Established colonies of this sea squirt were observed for the first time along the Belgian coast in 2004 in the port of Zeebrugge. Different colonies of this species are known to display different colourations (including pink, yellow and orange). Occasionally different specimens within a single colony can display a different colouration. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148715 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2013). Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927. 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=148715 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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