Species Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
- Botryllus leachii Savigny, J.C. 1816. Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples—Système de la classe des Ascidies pp. 1–239. In Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres, Pt 2. Paris : G. Dufour. [199].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain, not found), ?Mediterranean Sea. - Botrylloides rotifera 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 [303].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Botrylloides rubrum 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 [303].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Botrylloides albicans 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 [304].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Botrylloides radiata Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [206].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Cullercoates, Yorkshire, England. - Botrylloides ramulosa Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [207].
Type data:
Status unknown, (depository uncertain, not found), locality unknown. - Botrylloides sparsa Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 153-173 [172].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. - Botrylloides pusilla Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 153-173 [173].
Type data:
Status unknown, (depository uncertain, not found), Grand Havre, Guernsey. - Botrylloides prostratum Giard, A.M. 1872. Recherches sur les ascidies composées ou synascidies. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 1: 613-662 [632].
Type data:
Status unknown, (destroyed with Wimereux Laboratory), locality unknown. - Botrylloides clavelina Giard, A.M. 1872. Recherches sur les ascidies composées ou synascidies. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 1: 613-662 [632].
Type data:
Status unknown, (destroyed with Wimereux Laboratory), locality unknown. - Botrylloides insigne Giard, A.M. 1872. Recherches sur les ascidies composées ou synascidies. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 1: 613-662 [633].
Type data:
Status unknown, (destroyed with Wimereux Laboratory), (on beaches after storms). - Botrylloides boloniense Giard, A.M. 1875. Laboratoire de Zoologie maritime à Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais). Comptes Rendus de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences 3: 72, 77 [77].
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Status unknown, (destroyed with Wimereux Laboratory), Bologne, English Channel. - Botrylloides fulgurale Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [52].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1883.12.13.62, 530 fathoms, north Atlantic Ocean [59°26'N 7°20'W]. - Botrylloides purpureum Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [41] [junior primary homonym of Botrylloides purpureum Drasche, 1883].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (depository uncertain, lost?), off the Philippines [11°37'N 123°31'E]. - Botrylloides tyreum Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [41, 344, 381] [nom. nov. for Botrylloides purpureum Herdman, 1886].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Botrylloides cyanescens Giard, A.M. 1888. Le Laboratoire de Wimereux en 1888 (recherches fauniques). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 9: 495-496, 512-513 [513].
Type data:
Status unknown, (destroyed with Wimereux Laboratory), English Channel. - Botrylloides parvulus Huitfield-Kaas, H.J. 1896. Synascidiae. Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876–1878, 23 Zoology, Tunicata 1: 1–27. 1-27 pp. [24].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMBN (depository uncertain, not found), Norwegian coast, north Atlantic Ocean. - Sarcobotrylloides espevaerense Huitfield-Kaas, H.J. 1896. Synascidiae. Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876–1878, 23 Zoology, Tunicata 1: 1–27. 1-27 pp. [25].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMBN (depository uncertain, not found), north Atlantic Ocean. - Botrylloides leptum Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [101].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM U361 (G2120), Port Jackson, NSW; AM Y1584, Port Jackson, NSW. - Sarcobotrylloides jacksonianum Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G2121, Port Jackson, NSW. - Sarcobotrylloides pannosum Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [105].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM Y2123, Port Stephens, NSW. - Botrylloides vinosa Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1912. The British Tunicata III J. Hopkinson, editor. Ray Society Publications 8: 1-113 [81].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Japan. - Botrylloides translucidum Hartmeyer, R. 1912. Die Ascidien der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 16(3): 223-392 [272].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 57817, 57818, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365 [361]
- Berrill, N.J. 1950. The Tunicata. Ray Society Publications 133: 1-354 [224]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North-east Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Adriatic, Red Sea and tropical Indo-west Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [275]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 14-Dec-2012 | 14-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |