WoRMS taxon details
Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886
252289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:252289)
accepted
Species
Botrylloides chazaliei Sluiter, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886) · unaccepted (new combination)
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. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=252289 on 2024-08-22
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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]
original description (of Botrylloides chazaliei Sluiter, 1898) Sluiter, C. P. (1898). Tuniciers recueilli en 1896, par la Chazalie, dans la mer des Antilles. <em>Mem. Soc. Zool. France.</em> 11: 5-34. [details] Available for editors
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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
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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
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original description (of Botrylloides chazaliei Sluiter, 1898) Sluiter, C. P. (1898). Tuniciers recueilli en 1896, par la Chazalie, dans la mer des Antilles. <em>Mem. Soc. Zool. France.</em> 11: 5-34. [details] Available for editors
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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
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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
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Unknown type (of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) MNHN S1 Bot.A 39, geounit Martinique [details]
Unknown type (of Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886)) MNHN S1 BOT.B 189, geounit Apra Harbor [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Monniot & Monniot, 1987: Botryllus niger [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Morocco Alboran Sea [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms
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To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides niger)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides nigrum) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biodiversity Information Facility
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (43 records) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides niger)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides nigrum) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biodiversity Information Facility
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (43 records) (from synonym Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886)
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym