Botryllus elegans

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Botryllus elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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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