Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Stolidobranchia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Classis: Ascidiacea
Ordo: Stolidobranchia

Familia: Styelidae
Genus: Botrylloides
Species (16): B. aureum – B. chevalense – B. delicatus – B. diegensis – B. fuscus – B. giganteum – B. israeliense – B. leachii – B. lenis – B. lentus – B. nigrum – B. perspicuus – B. saccus – B. simodensis – B. superbum – B. violaceus

Name

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Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841

Synonyms

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  • Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923
  • Sarcobotrylloides Drasche, 1883

References

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Primary references

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  • Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 18: 217–326.

Additional references

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  • Brunetti, R. 2009. Botryllid species (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with some considerations on the systematics of Botryllinae. Zootaxa, 2289: 18–32. Abstract & excerpt
  • Brunetti, R.; Mastrototaro, F. 2012. Botrylloides pizoni, a new species of Botryllinae (Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 3258: 28–36. Preview PDF
  • Masako O. Atsumi & Yasunori Saito 2011. Studies on Japanese Botryllid Ascidians. V. A New Species of the Genus Botrylloides Very Similar to Botrylloides simodensis in Morphology. Zoological Science, 28(7): 532–542. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.532
  • Euichi Hirose, Maki Shirae & Yasunori Saito 2002. Colony Specificity in the Xenogeneic Combinations among Four Botrylloides Species (Urochordata, Ascidiacea). Zoological Science, 19(7): 747–753. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.747
  • Ryland, J.S. 2015. Gender of the genus Botrylloides Milne Edwards (1841) [Tunicata: Ascidiacea]. Zootaxa 3973(2): 398–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.13. Preview (PDF) Reference page

Vernacular names

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English: Chain Sea Squirts; Chain Tunicates