Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
(a genus of colonial sea squirts)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Botrylloides diegensis
a colonial sea squirt
Species 1 ident. refs
Botrylloides leachii
a colonial ascidian
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 		Species 27 images
Botrylloides violaceus
Red Sheath Tunicate
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 		Species 27 images 2 ident. refs
Botrylloides (unidentified)
Unidentified Botrylloides Colonial Sea Squirts
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 		Unidentified 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Botrylloides (a genus of colonial sea squirts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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