NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Botryllus schlosseri
      Species - Botryllus tuberatus
      Species - Botryllus planus
      Species - Botryllus primigenus