original description
Saito, Y.; Mukai, H.; Watanabe, H. (1981). Studies on Japanese styelid ascidians 2. A new species of the genus Botrylloides and redescription of B. violaceus Oka. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab.</em> 26: 357-368. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Bdsimo [details]