Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)
(a colonial ascidian)

Interactions where Botrylloides leachii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is predated by adult Erato voluta a cowrie Littorinimorpha: Triviidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Erato voluta/Erato volutaa cowrieadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/Botrylloides leachiia colonial ascidian adult is predator of
is predated by adult Trivia monacha Spotted Cowrie Littorinimorpha: Triviidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/Trivia monachaspotted cowrieadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/Botrylloides leachiia colonial ascidian adult is predator of
common test (nibbled hole) nibbled hole common test accommodates egg capsule Trivia monacha Spotted Cowrie Littorinimorpha: Triviidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/Trivia monachaspotted cowrieegg capsule Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/Botrylloides leachiia colonial ascidiannibbled holecommon test egg capsule rests inside nibbled hole common test

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBotrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian)
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 leachii (a colonial ascidian)

Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Botrylloides leachii (a colonial ascidian):

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