North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Styelidae Herdman, 1881

Direct children (7)

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Species Botrylloides aureus Sars, 1851
Species Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Species Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
Species Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927
Species Botrylloides aureum Sars, 1851 accepted as Botrylloides aureus Sars, 1851 (incorrect original spelling)
Species Botrylloides diegense Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 accepted as Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 (Misspelling in Van Name (1945))
Species Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) (literature 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6289
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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2026-09-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528 on 2026-09-07

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6289
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]