Botryllus elegans

Botryllus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Styelidae
Genus:	Botryllus
Species:	B. elegans
Binomial name
	Botryllus elegans; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
	Chorizocarpa elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834); Distomus elegans Quoy & Gaimard, 1834;

Botryllus elegans is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.

References

Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-29, sous le commandement de MJ Dumond d'Urville. Zoologie. JRC Quoy, JP Gaimard - Mollusca, 1834

South African Ascidians. Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths C. L. and Schleyer M., 2001, Annals of the South African Museum, 108(1), pages 1–141.

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