''Botryllus'' is a
genus
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of
colonial ascidian
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysaccharid ...
tunicate
Tunicates are marine invertebrates belonging to the subphylum Tunicata ( ). This grouping is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time ...
s in the
family
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Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.
Genera
*'' Alloeocarpa'' Michaelsen, 1900
*'' Arnbackia'' Brewin, 1950
*''Asterocarpa'' Brewin, 1946
*'' Bathyoncus'' Herdman, 1882
*'' Bathystyeloides'' Seeliger, 1907
*'' Berillia'' Brewin, 1952
* ...
.
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''
(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
''Botryllus'' is a genus of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.
Genera
*'' Alloeocarpa'' Michaelsen, 1900
*'' Arnbackia'' Brewin, 1950
*''Asterocarpa'' Brewin, 1946
*'' Bathyoncu ...
''
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''
(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
Styelidae
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner
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