AquaNISInformation system on aquatic non-indigenous and cryptogenic species |
Species | Botrylloides giganteus | |
Authority | (Pérès, 1949) | |
Family | Styelidae | |
Order | Stolidobranchia | |
Class | Ascidiacea | |
Phylum | Chordata | |
Synonym (?) | Botrylloides pizoni References: Rocha, L. A., Bass, A. L., Robertson, D. R., & Bowen, B. W. (2002). Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae). Molecular Ecology, 11(2), 243-251. |
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Sub-species level (?) | Not entered |
Native origin (?) | Not known References: Rocha, R. M., Salonna, M., Griggio, F., Ekins, M., Lambert, G., Mastrototaro, F., Fidler, A., & Gissi, C. (2019). The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus Botrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 17(5), 509-526. Comments: Type locality is Dakar (Senegal). Also known from South-Africa, Mozambique, Brazil, California, Galapagos, New Zealand, and South Italy (Taranto). |
Life form / Life stage (?) | Not entered |
Sociability / Life stage (?) | Not entered |
Reproductive frequency (?) | Not entered |
Reproductive type (?) | Not entered |
Developmental trait (?) | Not entered |
Characteristic feeding method / Life stage (?) | Not entered |
Mobility / Life stage (?) | Not entered |
Salinity tolerance range (?) | Not entered |
Habitat modifying ability potential (?) | Not entered |
Toxicity / Life stage (?) | Not entered |
Bioaccumulation association (?) | Not entered |
Known human health impact? | Not entered |
Known economic impact? | Not entered |
Known measurable environmental impact? | Not entered |
Included in the Target Species list? | Not entered |
Association with vessel vectors (?) | Biofouling References: Rocha, R. M., Salonna, M., Griggio, F., Ekins, M., Lambert, G., Mastrototaro, F., Fidler, A., & Gissi, C. (2019). The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus Botrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 17(5), 509-526. References: Millar, R. H. (1955). On a collection of ascidians from South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 125, 169–221. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb00597.x Comments: "Millar (1955) observed that B. giganteus samples collected in 1950–1951 from Durban Bay were from artificial substrates including ship hulls and concluded that the species 'could easily be spread by ships' " |
Molecular information | Not entered |
Created by | Anna Occhipinti, 2020-06-15 |
Last update by | Agnese Marchini, 2021-02-27 |