Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902) 
AphiaID: 215992

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea > Stolidobranchia > Styelidae > Botryllus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Synonymised taxa		Botrylloides namei (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928) (new combination) Botrylloides planus (synonym) Botryllus namei Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928 (original combination)
Sources		additional source: Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details] [full text] basis of record (from synonym): Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Hartmeyer, R., W. Michaelsen (1928) Ascidiae Dictyobranhiae und Ptychobranchiae Fauna Sudwest. Australians, 5: 251-460. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Gulf of Mexico [details] Mozambique [details] West Central Atlantic [details] Western South Atlantic [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details] Remark: In family 'Botryllidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215992
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-09-11 06:47:01Z   created   Govaerts, Ann 2000-09-14 06:49:43Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-12-05 12:32:01Z   checked   Sanamyan, Karen 2009-05-02 13:35:44Z   changed   Moreira da Rocha, Rosana 2009-07-20 21:22:57Z   changed   Gittenberger, Arjan
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		Citation: Gittenberger, A.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Sanamyan, K. (2013). Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215992 on 2013-06-18