NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Styelidae
  Suborder - Stolidobranchia
  Order - Pleurogona
  Class - Ascidiacea
  Subphylum - Urochordata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Botrylloides aureum
      Species - Botrylloides magnum
      Species - Botrylloides diegense
      Species - Botrylloides leachi
      Species - Botrylloides nigrum