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Botryllus
Sign in to saveBotryllus is a genus of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAscidiacea
- OrderStolidobranchia
- FamilyStyelidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 272
- With media
- 61
- Family
- Styelidae
- Collections
- USNM, LACM
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, United States, Vietnam, Japan
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Botryllus is a genus of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
==Species== Species in this genus include: 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
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