''Botryllus'' is a
genus
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of
colonial ascidian tunicate
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s in the
family
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Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015)Styelidae Sluiter, 1895.In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World ...
.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''
Botryllus arenaceus''
Monniot, 1988
* ''
Botryllus aster''
Monniot, 1991
* ''
Botryllus closionis''
Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
* ''
Botryllus compositus''
Tokioka, 1967
* ''
Botryllus delicatus''
Okuyama & Saito, 2001
* ''
Botryllus eilatensis''
Shenkar & Monniot, 2006
* ''
Botryllus elegans
''Botryllus elegans'' is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015)Styelidae Sluiter, 1895.In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; ...
''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Botryllus firmus''
Monniot & Monniot, 1996
* ''
Botryllus gregalis''
(Sluiter, 1898)
* ''
Botryllus horridus''
Saito & Okuyama, 2003
* ''
Botryllus japonicus''
(Oka, 1931)
* ''
Botryllus leptus''
Savigny, 1816
* ''
Botryllus maeandrius''
(Sluiter, 1898)
* ''
Botryllus magnus''
Ritter, 1901
* ''
Botryllus mortenseni''
Millar, 1964
* ''
Botryllus ovalis''
Monniot, 1988
* ''
Botryllus perspicuum''
Herdman, 1886
* ''
Botryllus planus''
(Van Name, 1902)
* ''
Botryllus primigenus''
Oka, 1928
* ''
Botryllus promiscuus''
Okuyama & Saito, 2002
* ''
Botryllus puniceus''
Saito & Nagasawa, 2003
* ''
Botryllus renierii''
(Lamarck, 1815)
* ''
Botryllus rosaceus''
Savigny, 1816
* ''
Botryllus scalaris''
Saito & Mukai, 1981
* ''
Botryllus schlosseri
''Botryllus schlosseri'' is a colonial ascidian tunicate. It is commonly known as the star tunicate, but it also has several other common names, including star ascidian and golden star tunicate. Colonies grow on slow-moving, submerged objects, ...
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(Pallas, 1766)
* ''
Botryllus separatus''
Sluiter, 1904
* ''
Botryllus sexiensis''
Saito & Watanabe, 1981
* ''
Botryllus stewartensis''
Brewin, 1958
* ''
Botryllus stuhlmanni''
Michaelsen, 1918
* ''
Botryllus tabori''
Rodrigues, 1962
* ''
Botryllus tuberatus''
Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
References
Stolidobranchia
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner
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