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Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae

Genus: Botryllus

(See list of species below)

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34 species (see list below)
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Botryllus anceps
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Botryllus anomalus
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Botryllus arenaceus
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Botryllus aster
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Botryllus chevalense
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Botryllus closionis
[Fenced ascidian]
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Botryllus compositus
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Botryllus delicatus
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Botryllus diegense
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Botryllus elegans
[Seaweed ascidian]
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Botryllus firmus
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Botryllus giganteum
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Botryllus gracilis
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Botryllus gregalis
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Botryllus lenis
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Botryllus leptus
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Max. Length 1 cm WD
 
Botryllus maeandrius
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Botryllus magnicoecus
[Star ascidian]
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Botryllus magnus
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Botryllus meandrius
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Botryllus mortensi
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Botryllus ovalis
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Botryllus perspicuum
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Botryllus planus
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Botryllus primigenus
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Botryllus promiscuus
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Botryllus puniceus
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Botryllus saccus
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Botryllus scalaris
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Botryllus schlosseri(Pallas, 1766)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Botryllus schlosseri
[Golden star tunicate]
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Botryllus simodensis
[Orange sheath tunicate]
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Botryllus stewartensis
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Max. Length 0.4 cm COLD
 
Botryllus tuberatus
[White spotted colonial tunicate]
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Botryllus tyreus
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