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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=252289 on 2025-07-17
original description(ofBotrylloides 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 athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm[details]
original description(ofBotrylloides 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 [request]
basis of recordSanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of recordMonniot, 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 [request]
Taxonomy
source of synonymyMonniot, 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 [request]
Other
additional sourcePalomino-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 athttps://doi.org/10.3390/d14110977 page(s): 26 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 [details]