Botrylloides delicatus

Taxonavigation

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: Botryllidae
Genus: Botrylloides
Species: Botrylloides delicatus

Name

Botrylloides delicatus Masako & Yasunori, 2011

Holotype: a colony (TKB-anim.1001); 7.5 by 8.0 centimeters; Y. Saito; 7 Jun. 1983.

Paratypes: colonies (TKB-anim.1002); Y. Saito; 20 Oct. 1983, larvae (TKB-anim.1003); Y. Saito; 31 Oct. 1983, and oozooids (TKB-anim.1004); Y. Saito; 2 Nov. 1983.

Type locality: Shikine Island of the Izu Islands, Japan.

References

• 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 PDF
• 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
• 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

Vernacular names

English: Chain Sea Squirt; Chain Tunicate