{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Pérès, 1949)","RecordModifiedOn":"","CAAB_code":"35033121","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Originally described from Senegal but is known from tropical to temperate areas worldwide. It is native range is uncertain and it is highly likely that it has been accidentally introduced to many areas by shipping. Previously confused in this region with <i>B. perspicuus</i>.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Rocha, R.M., Salonna, M., Griggo, F., Ekins, M., Lambert, G., Mastrototaro, F., Fidler, A., Gissi, C., 2019. The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus <i>Botrylloides</i>: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species., <i>Systematics and Biodiversity</i>, Vol. 18: 1-18. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738\">doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738</a>","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Botrylloides giganteus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Stolidobranchia","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Rocha, R.M., Salonna, M., Griggo, F., Ekins, M., Lambert, G., Mastrototaro, F., Fidler, A., Gissi, C., 2019. The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus <i>Botrylloides</i>: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species., <i>Systematics and Biodiversity</i>, Vol. 18: 1-18. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738\">doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1649738</a>","vernacularName":"[an ascidian]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2020-02-04","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502195","family":"Styelidae","standardName":"","class":"Ascidiacea","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}