Botryllus Explained

Botryllus is a genus of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.

Species

Species in this genus include:^[1]

• Botryllus arenaceus Monniot, 1988
• Botryllus aster Monniot, 1991
• Botryllus closionis Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
• Botryllus compositus Tokioka, 1967
• Botryllus delicatus Okuyama & Saito, 2001
• Botryllus eilatensis Shenkar & Monniot, 2006
• Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Botryllus firmus Monniot & Monniot, 1996
• Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898)
• Botryllus horridus Saito & Okuyama, 2003
• Botryllus japonicus (Oka, 1931)
• Botryllus leptus Savigny, 1816
• Botryllus maeandrius (Sluiter, 1898)
• Botryllus magnus Ritter, 1901
• Botryllus mortenseni Millar, 1964
• Botryllus ovalis Monniot, 1988
• Botryllus perspicuum Herdman, 1886
• Botryllus planus (Van Name, 1902)
• Botryllus primigenus Oka, 1928
• Botryllus promiscuus Okuyama & Saito, 2002
• Botryllus puniceus Saito & Nagasawa, 2003
• Botryllus renierii (Lamarck, 1815)
• Botryllus rosaceus Savigny, 1816
• Botryllus scalaris Saito & Mukai, 1981
• Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)
• Botryllus separatus Sluiter, 1904
• Botryllus sexiensis Saito & Watanabe, 1981
• Botryllus stewartensis Brewin, 1958
• Botryllus stuhlmanni Michaelsen, 1918
• Botryllus tabori Rodrigues, 1962
• Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Botryllus Gaertner, 1774 . www.marinespecies.org . 10 September 2015.