WoRMS taxon details
Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Alcyonium Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Alcyonium...)
preoccupied by Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Alcyoniidae, Octocorallia)
Myxobotrus Oka, 1931 · unaccepted
Parabotryllus Kott, 1975 · unaccepted
Polycyclus Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted
- Species Botryllus arenaceus Monniot C., 1988
- Species Botryllus aster Monniot C., 1991
- Species Botryllus bonanzus Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus camur Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus closionis Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
- Species Botryllus compositus Tokioka, 1967
- Species Botryllus delicatus Okuyama & Saito, 2001
- Species Botryllus eilatensis Shenkar & Monniot F., 2006
- Species Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Species Botryllus firmus Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
- Species Botryllus flavus Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2017
- Species Botryllus gaiae Brunetti, 2020
- Species Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898)
- Species Botryllus hartensis Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus horridus Saito & Okuyama, 2003
- Species Botryllus humilis Monniot C., 1988
- Species Botryllus japonicus (Oka, 1931)
- Species Botryllus lambertorum Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus maeandrius (Sluiter, 1898)
- Species Botryllus magnus Ritter, 1901
- Species Botryllus mortenseni Millar, 1964
- Species Botryllus nortensis Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus ovalis Monniot C., 1988
- Species Botryllus perspicuum Herdman, 1886
- Species Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902)
- Species Botryllus primigenus Oka, 1928
- Species Botryllus promiscuus Okuyama & Saito, 2002
- Species Botryllus pumilus Monniot F., 2016
- Species Botryllus puniceus Saito & Nagasawa, 2003
- Species Botryllus renierii (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Botryllus rosaceus Savigny, 1816
- Species Botryllus scalaris Saito & Mukai, 1981
- Species Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Botryllus separatus Sluiter, 1904
- Species Botryllus sexiens Saito & Watanabe, 1981
- Species Botryllus stewartensis Brewin, 1958
- Species Botryllus stuhlmanni Michaelsen, 1918
- Species Botryllus tabori Rodrigues, 1962
- Species Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
- Species Botryllus tunnelli Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus unamensis Palomino-Alvarez, Nydam, Rocha & Simões, 2022
- Species Botryllus anceps (Herdman, 1891) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus anomalus Millar, 1962 accepted as Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus aurantius (Oka, 1927) accepted as Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus aureus (Sars, 1851) accepted as Botrylloides aureum Sars, 1851 accepted as Botrylloides aureus Sars, 1851 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus aurolineatus Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus badium Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (literature misspelling)
- Species Botryllus badius Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus bivittatus Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus calendula Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus calyculatus Alder & Hancock, 1907 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus castaneus Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus chevalense (Herdman, 1906) accepted as Botrylloides chevalense Herdman, 1906 accepted as Botrylloides chevalensis Herdman, 1906 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus communis Oka, 1927 accepted as Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 (original combination)
- Species Botryllus diegense (Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) accepted as Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus eligulatum (Beniaminson, 1975) accepted as Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 (new combination)
- Species Botryllus gascoi Della Valle, 1877 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Botryllus gemmeus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus giganteum Aron & Sole Cava, 1991 accepted as Botrylloides giganteum (Pérès, 1949) accepted as Botrylloides giganteus (Pérès, 1949) (considered Botryllus in a time that the two genera were considered synonyms)
- Species Botryllus gouldii Verrill, 1871 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus gracilis Michaelsen, 1927 accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891) (synonym)
- Species Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) (literature misspelling)
- Species Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus lenis (Saito & Watanabe, 1985) accepted as Botrylloides lenis Saito & Watanabe, 1985 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus leptus (Herdman, 1899) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) (unjustified emendation)
- Species Botryllus marionis Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus miniatus Alder & Hancock, 1912 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus minutus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus morio Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus mortensi Millar, 1964 accepted as Botryllus mortenseni Millar, 1964 (Misspelling)
- Species Botryllus namei Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928 accepted as Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886 (misspelling)
- Species Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886 (new combination)
- Species Botryllus okai Monniot C., 1988 accepted as Botryllus magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) (replacement name)
- Species Botryllus perspicuus (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides perspicuus (Herdman, 1886) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus polycyclus Savigny, 1816 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus pruinosus Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus pupureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botryllus purpureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891) (misspelling)
- Species Botryllus purpureus (Oka, 1932) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus rubens Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus rubigo Giard, 1872 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus rufus (Oka, 1927) accepted as Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891) (new combination)
- Species Botryllus saccus (Kott, 2003) accepted as Botrylloides saccus Kott, 2003 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus simodensis (Saito & Watanabe, 1981) accepted as Botrylloides simodensis Saito & Watanabe, 1981 (synonym)
- Species Botryllus smaragdus Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus stellatus Gaertner, 1774 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus tyreus (Herdman, 1886) accepted as Botrylloides tyreum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides tyreus Herdman, 1886 (new combination)
- Species Botryllus violaceus Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (synonym)
- Species Botryllus violatinctus Hartmeyer, 1909 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus virescens Alder & Hancock, 1848 accepted as Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (original combination)
- Species Botryllus racemosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 37-39 [details]
page(s): 37-39 [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Botryllus Gaertner, 1774. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103529 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Gaertner, J. (1774). Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. <em>In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia. Berolini: G.A. Lange.</em> fasc. 10: 24-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/spicilegiazoolog110pall#page/532/mode/1up
page(s): 37-39 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details]
original description (of Myxobotrus Oka, 1931) Oka, A. (1931). Uber Myxobotrus, eine neue Synascidien-Gattung. <em>Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo.</em> 6: 238-240. [details]
original description (of Parabotryllus Kott, 1975) Kott, P. (1975). The ascidians of South Australia. 3. Northen sector of the Great Australian Bight and additional record. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.</em> 99(1): 1-20. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 37-39 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details]
original description (of Myxobotrus Oka, 1931) Oka, A. (1931). Uber Myxobotrus, eine neue Synascidien-Gattung. <em>Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo.</em> 6: 238-240. [details]
original description (of Parabotryllus Kott, 1975) Kott, P. (1975). The ascidians of South Australia. 3. Northen sector of the Great Australian Bight and additional record. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.</em> 99(1): 1-20. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]