Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Styelidae > Genus Botrylloides

Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botrylloides*	Milne Edwards, 1841	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Botrylloides leachi*	(Savigny, 1816)	orthographic variant
*Botryllus leachi*	Savigny, 1816	orthographic variant
*Botryllus leachii*	(Savigny, 1816)	synonym; comb. ined.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: labyrintsjöpung

Literature

basis of record	Millar, R. H. (1966). Tunicata Ascidiacea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia. 1. Oslo: Scandinavia University Books. 123: pp.
additional source	Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. Management of Biological Invasions. 4(4): 327-341.
source of synonymy	Millar, R. H. (1975). Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the zoological museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Steenstrupia. 3(20): 205-336.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250081