Species Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
- Botryllus tuberatus Ritter, W.E. & Forsyth, R.A. 1917. Ascidians of the littoral zone of southern California. University of California Publications in Zoology 16: 439-512 [461].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Santa Barbara, California, USA. - Botryllus communis Oka, A. 1927. Zur kenntnis der japanischen Botryllidae. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 3(9): 607-609 [607].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UTZM 4(S33), Japan; UTZM 87(S184), Japan; UTZM 108(S15), Japan; UTZM 336(S175), Japan; UTZM 364(S1), Japan. - Botryllus gracilis Michaelsen, W. 1927. Einige neue westaustralische ptychobranchiate Ascidien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 71: 193-203 [203].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH, South Passage, Dirk Hartog Is., Shark Bay, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [271]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern California.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast
- Kiribati
- Palau
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- California
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Reef flat habitats on the under-surface of rubble.
General References
Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia, supplement. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 267-298
History of changes
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