Boltenia villosa

Boltenia villosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Boltenia
Species:
B. villosa
Binomial name
Boltenia villosa
(Stimpson, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cynthia castaneiformis Drasche, 1884
  • Cynthia villosa Stimpson, 1864
  • Halocynthia castaneiformis (Drasche, 1884)
  • Halocynthia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
  • Pyura aculeata Hartmeyer, 1909
  • Pyura castaneiformis Drasche, 1884
  • Pyura villosa (Stimpson, 1864)

Boltenia villosa is a species of tunicate, a marine invertebrate of the family Pyuridae.[2] Common names include spiny-headed tunicate, hairy sea squirt, stalked hairy sea squirt and bristly tunicate.[3] This species was first described in 1864 by the American marine biologist William Stimpson who gave it the name Cynthia villosa. It was later transferred to the genus Boltenia. The type locality is Puget Sound, Washington state, United States.[2]

  1. ^ Stimpson, Wm. (1864). "Descriptions of new species of marine Invertebrata from Puget Sound, collected by the naturalists of the North-West Boundary Commission, A.H. Campbell, Esq., Commissioner". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 153–161. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.59720.
  2. ^ a b "Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)". WoRMS. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Walla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).