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Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886

252289  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:252289)

accepted
Species
Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886) · unaccepted (new combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=252289 on 2026-05-12
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=252289 on 2026-05-12
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2007-12-05 14:57:18Z
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2018-10-31 20:15:47Z
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original description (of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details] 

basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 23 (2): 201-383.
page(s): 313; note: Botryllus niger [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Palomino-Alvarez, L. A.; Nydam, M. L.; Rocha, R. M.; Simões, N. (2022). New Botrylloides, Botryllus, and Symplegma (Ascidiacea: Styelidae) in Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(11): 977., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110977
page(s): 26 [details] 

source of synonymy Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1987). Les ascidies de Polynesie francaise. <em>Mem. mus. nat. hist natur, A.</em> 136: 1-155.
page(s): 103, Fig. 39A-C.; note: Botryllus niger [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Introduced species vector dispersal Morocco Alboran Sea [details]
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English black synascidia  [details]
French synascidie noire  [details]