Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm[details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215857 on 2025-07-16
original descriptionHerdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm[details]
basis of recordMillar, R. H. (1988). Ascidians collected during the International Indian Ocean Expedition. <em>J. Nat. Hist.</em> 22: 823-848. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
taxonomy sourceRyland, J. S. (2015). Gender of the genus <em>Botrylloides</em> Milne Edwards (1841) [Tunicata: Ascidiacea]. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3973(2): 398-400., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.13[details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (Bermuda)Monniot, C. (1972). Ascidies stolidobranches des Bermudes. Bulletin du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle 3e ser., no. 57, Zoologie, 43: 617-643[details]
additional sourceRocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K. (2009). Ascídias (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) introduzidas no Arquipélago de Alcatrazes, São Paulo. <em>Iheringia, Sér. Zool.</em> 99(1):27-35.[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceCole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
additional sourceMonniot, F. (2018). Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique: 2. Stolidobranchia, Styelidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4410(2): 291-318., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.3 page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality