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

Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Botrylloides*	Milne-Edwards, 1841	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone slingerzakpijp; slingerzakpijp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: colonial sea squirt

Literature

original description	Oka, A. (1927) Zur kenntnis der japanishen Botryllidae (Vorlaufige Mitteilung) Proc. Imp. Acad., 3: 607-609.
basis of record	Faasse, M.; De Blauwe, H. (2002). De exotische samengestelde zakpijp Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 in Nederland (Ascidiacea: Pleurogona: Styelidae) [The exotic colonial tunicate Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 in the Netherlands (Ascidiacea: Pleurogona: Styelidae)]. Het Zeepaard 62(5): 136-141
additional source	Saito, Ya., H. Mukai, H. Watanabe (1981) Studies on Japanese styelid ascidians 2. A new species of the genus Botrylloides and redescription of B. vioolaceus Oka Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 26: 357-368.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2011). Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927. In: Noa Shenkar, Arjan Gittenberger, Gretchen Lambert, Marc Rius, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Billie J Swalla (2010) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148715