Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927
(Red Sheath Tunicate)

Botrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBotrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() The Bishop Group 2011 *** Marine Aliens - Identification guide for selected marine non-native species ***(Superseded) 2nd edition, 24pp, Marine Biological Association
www.nonnativespecies.org Orange Sheath Tunicate https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/index.cfm?pageid=137

Botrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Botrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of Botrylloides violaceus (Red Sheath Tunicate)
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