Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
(a colonial ascidian)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBotrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
GenusBotrylloides (a genus of colonial sea squirts)
FamilySTYELIDAE (a family of sea squirts)
OrderSTOLIDOBRANCHIA (a suborder of sea squirts)
ClassASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts)
SubphylumTUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian) :
1: Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
21 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
colony on underside of rock at low tide
Image 1: Colony - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Colony - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
26 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on Serrated Wrack on remains of small metal boat
Image 1: Colony - in situ - out of waterImage 2: Colony surface - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Colony surface - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
16 May 2008 OSGR: NS24 55° 40’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Ayrshire (VC 75) England
on rock
Image 1: Colony - close-upImage 2: Colony - close-up (2)Image 3: Colony - close-up (3)Image 4: Colony - close-up (4)Image 5: Colony - close-up (5)Image 6: Colony - close-up (6)Image 7: Colony - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Colony - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Colony - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 10: Colony - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 11: Colony - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 12: Colony - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 13: Colony - highly magnified
4: Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
16 May 2008 OSGR: NS24 55° 40’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Ayrshire (VC 75) England
on rock
Image 1: Colony - in situImage 2: Colony - in situ (2)Image 3: Colony - in situ - close-upImage 4: Colony - highly enlargedImage 5: Colony - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Colony - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Colony - highly enlarged (4)Image 8: Colony - highly enlarged (5)
5: Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
11 Jul 1969 OSIGR: A00 Vice County: West Cork (VC H03) Eire
Image 1: Close-up

Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
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