Botrylloides
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| Botrylloides leachi | |
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| Genus: | Botrylloides sp. (Milne-Edwards, 1841)[1]
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The "Chain Sea Squirts or Chain Tunicates" of the genus Botrylloides:
Morphologically similar to Botryllus schlosseri and similarly widespread, Botrylloides is distinguished by having linearly-arranged, parallel "chains" of zooids as opposed to zooids like white or yellow stripes emanating from a common center in Botrylloides.[2]
Like Botryllus, Botrylloides are flat sheets of organisms which can be found covering ropes, boat hulls, horseshoe crabs, seaweeds, and any still or slow-moving object in saltwater. Also both are relative invasive Ascidians, found in many ports around the world. Invasive tunicates such as these, Didemnum sp., and Styela clava are a problem for shellfish and other marine life populations, and cause fouling of boats and piers.
Species include
Notes
- ^ "Botryllidae-Wikispecies". Retrieved 2007-02-17.
- ^ Owen Alger. "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network". The Marine Biological Association. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
External links
- http://www.exoticsguide.org/species_pages/b_violaceus.html
- For a complete registry of Botrylloides taxa http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103528
- http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tunicata.php?menuentry=soorten&id=20 [dead link]
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