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Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)

250081  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250081)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Tunicata (Subphylum)
  5. Ascidiacea (Class)
  6. Stolidobranchia (Order)
  7. Styelidae (Family)
  8. Botrylloides (Genus)
  9. Botrylloides leachii (Species)
accepted
Species
Botrylloides albicans Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides boloniense Giard, 1875 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides clavelina Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides cyanescens Giard, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides fulgurale Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides insigne Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides parvulum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Botrylloides parvulus Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides prostratum Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides purpureum Drasche, 1883 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Botrylloides pusilla Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides radiata Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides ramulosa Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides rotifera Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides rubrum Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides sparsa Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides translucidum Hartmeyer, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides vinosa Alder & Hancock, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (new combination)
Botryllus leptus (Herdman, 1899) · unaccepted (new combination)
Metrocarpa leachi (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Sarcobotrylloides espevaerense Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sarcobotrylloides jacksonianum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sarcobotrylloides pannosum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details] OpenAccess publication
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). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250081 on 2025-06-20
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Nomenclature

original description (of Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides purpureum Drasche, 1883) Drasche, R. (1883). Die Synascidien der Bucht von Rovigno (Istrien). <em>In: Ein Beitrag zur Fauna der Adria. Wien: Carl Gerolds Sohn.</em> 41 pp. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides albicans Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France.</em> 18: 217-326. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides boloniense Giard, 1875) Giard, A. M. (1875). Laboratoire de Zoologie maritime a Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais). <em>C.r. Ass. Fr. Avanc. Sci.</em> 3: 72-77. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides clavelina Giard, 1872) Giard, A. (1872). Recherches sur les Ascidies composées ou Synascidies. [Research on compound ascidians or synascidians.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 1:501-687, pls. 25-30. (Copepoda: 555). [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides cyanescens Giard, 1888) Giard, A. M. (1888). Le Laboratoire de Wimereux en 1888 (recherches fauniques). <em>Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg.</em> 9: 495-496, 512-513. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides fulgurale Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides insigne Giard, 1872) Giard, A. (1872). Recherches sur les Ascidies composées ou Synascidies. [Research on compound ascidians or synascidians.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 1:501-687, pls. 25-30. (Copepoda: 555). [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899) Herdman, W. A. (1899). Descriptive catalogue of the tunicata in the Australian Museum Sydney N.S.W. <em>Austr. Mus. Sydney Catal.</em> 17: 1-139. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides parvulum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896) Huitfeld-Kaas, H. (1896). Synascidiae. <em>Norske Nordhavs-Exped.</em> 7(3/23): 1-27. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides parvulus Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896) Huitfeld-Kaas, H. (1896). Synascidiae. <em>Norske Nordhavs-Exped.</em> 7(3/23): 1-27. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides prostratum Giard, 1872) Giard, A. (1872). Recherches sur les Ascidies composées ou Synascidies. [Research on compound ascidians or synascidians.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 1:501-687, pls. 25-30. (Copepoda: 555). [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides pusilla Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3.</em> 11: 153-173. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides radiata Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides ramulosa Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details] 

original description (of Botrylloides rotifera Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France.</em> 18: 217-326. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides rubrum Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France.</em> 18: 217-326. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides sparsa Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3.</em> 11: 153-173. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides translucidum Hartmeyer, 1912) Hartmeyer, R. (1912). Die ascidien der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition.</em> 16: 225-392. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Botrylloides vinosa Alder & Hancock, 1912) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1905-1912). The British Tunicata. <em>London, Ray Society.</em> vol.1 (1905), 146pp; 2 (1907), vol.2 (1907), 164pp; vol.3, (1912), 113pp. [details] 

original description (of Sarcobotrylloides espevaerense Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896) Huitfeld-Kaas, H. (1896). Synascidiae. <em>Norske Nordhavs-Exped.</em> 7(3/23): 1-27. [details] 

original description (of Sarcobotrylloides jacksonianum Herdman, 1899) Herdman, W. A. (1899). Descriptive catalogue of the tunicata in the Australian Museum Sydney N.S.W. <em>Austr. Mus. Sydney Catal.</em> 17: 1-139. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sarcobotrylloides pannosum Herdman, 1899) Herdman, W. A. (1899). Descriptive catalogue of the tunicata in the Australian Museum Sydney N.S.W. <em>Austr. Mus. Sydney Catal.</em> 17: 1-139. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Millar, R. H. (1966). Tunicata Ascidiacea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia. 1. <em>Oslo: Scandinavia University Books.</em> 123: pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Millar, R. H. (1975). Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the zoological museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 3(20): 205-336. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 280, Fig. 62.; note: Botrylloides tyreum [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. <em>Management of Biological Invasions.</em> 4(4): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Bdleac [details]

Synonymy Millar, 1975: Botrylloides tyreum [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Danish lille lædersøpung [from synonym]  [details]
Dutch tweekleurige slingerzakpijp [from synonym]botrylloides [from synonym]  [details]
English botrylloid [from synonym]  [details]
French botrylloïde [from synonym]  [details]
German Mäander-Ascidie [from synonym]  [details]
Swedish labyrintsjöpung  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816))
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) (from synonym Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816))
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Botrylloides parvulum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Botrylloides rubrum Milne Edwards, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816))
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides leachii) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Botrylloides leptum) (from synonym Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899)
To GenBank (233 nucleotides; 66 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816))
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816)
To PESI (from synonym Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816))
To PESI (from synonym Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816))
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