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Botryllus elegans

Botryllus elegans is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.

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Botryllus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Botryllus
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Botryllus elegans
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)1
Synonyms

Botryllus elegans is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.

References

References

  1. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de MJ Dumond d'Urville. Zoologie. JRC Quoy, JP Gaimard - Mollusca, 1834
  • South African Ascidians. Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths C. L. and Schleyer M., 2001, Annals of the South African Museum, 108(1), pages 1–141.