Belgian Register of Marine Species - Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

AfReMaS taxon details

Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

AphiaID

103528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103528)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Styelidae Herdman, 1881

Synonymised names

Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923 · unaccepted

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Species Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)
Species Botrylloides giganteus (Pérès, 1949)
Species Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Species Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886
Species Botrylloides giganteum (Pérès, 1949) accepted as Botrylloides giganteus (Pérès, 1949) (gender change)
Species Botrylloides gregalis Sluiter, 1898 accepted as Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898) (original combination)
Species Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) (gender change)
Species Botrylloides meandrinum Sluiter accepted as Botryllus maeandrius (Sluiter, 1898) (synonym)
Species Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326.
page(s): 88 (304) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2025-04-25

Regional species database citation

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. Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326.
page(s): 88 (304) [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. 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. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]