UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

URMO taxon details

Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

AphiaID

103528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103528)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Styelidae Herdman, 1881

Synonymised names

Metrocarpa �rnb�ck-Christie-Linde, 1923 · unaccepted

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Species Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botrylloides aureus Sars, 1851
Species Botrylloides chevalensis Herdman, 1906
Species Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botrylloides lenis Saito & Watanabe, 1985
Species Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886
Species Botrylloides saccus Kott, 2003
Species Botrylloides simodensis Saito & Watanabe, 1981
Species Botrylloides aureum Sars, 1851 accepted as Botrylloides aureus Sars, 1851 (incorrect original spelling)
Species Botrylloides chevalense Herdman, 1906 accepted as Botrylloides chevalensis Herdman, 1906 (gender change)
Species Botrylloides magnus (Ritter, 1901) accepted as Botryllus magnus Ritter, 1901 (synonym)
Species Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886 (misspelling)
Species Botrylloides planus (Van Name, 1902) accepted as Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies compos�es des c�tes de la Manche. M�moires de l'Acad�mie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326.
page(s): 88 (304) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies compos�es des c�tes de la Manche. M�moires de l'Acad�mie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326.
page(s): 88 (304) [details]

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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]