Botryllus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Styelidae Higher classification Styelidae Rank Genus		Subphylum Tunicata Scientific name Botryllus Phylum Chordata Order Stolidobranchia

Similar Botryllus schlosseri, Ascidians, Tunicate, Botrylloides, Botrylloides violaceus

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

Star ascidian botryllus schlosseri timelapse

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 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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