Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 
AphiaID: 250091

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		Botryllus anomalus Millar, 1962 (original combination) Chorizocarpa elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (new combination) Distomus elegans Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (original combination) Synstyela monocarpa Sluiter, 1898 (original combination)
Sources		basis of record: Monniot, C., F. Monniot, C.L. Griffiths, M. Schleyer (2001) South African Ascidians Annals of the South African Museum, 108(1): 1-141 [details] from synonym: Quoy, J., A. Gaimard (1834) Animaux Mollusques. In: Voyages de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe exkecutes par orde du Roi, pendant les annees 1826-29, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie, Paris, 3: 559-625. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sluiter, C.P. (1898) Beitrage zur kenntnis der fauna von Sud-Afrika Zool. Jahrb., Syst, 11: 1-64. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Millar, R.H. (1962). Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46(7): 113-221 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250091
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-12-05 12:32:01Z   created   Sanamyan, Karen
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		Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2013). Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). 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=250091 on 2013-05-22