Botrylloides leachii

Botrylloides leachii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Botrylloides
Species:
B. leachii
Binomial name
Botrylloides leachii
(Savigny, 1816)
Synonyms
List
    • Botrylloides albicans Milne Edwards, 1841
    • Botrylloides boloniense Giard, 1875
    • Botrylloides clavelina Giard, 1872
    • Botrylloides cyanescens Giard, 1888
    • Botrylloides fulgurale Herdman, 1886
    • Botrylloides insigne Giard, 1872
    • Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816)
    • Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899
    • Botrylloides parvulum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896
    • Botrylloides parvulus Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896
    • Botrylloides prostratum Giard, 1872
    • Botrylloides purpureum Drasche, 1883
    • Botrylloides pusilla Alder, 1863
    • Botrylloides radiata Alder & Hancock, 1848
    • Botrylloides ramulosa Alder & Hancock, 1848
    • Botrylloides rotifera Milne Edwards, 1841
    • Botrylloides rubrum Milne Edwards, 1841
    • Botrylloides sparsa Alder, 1863
    • Botrylloides translucidum Hartmeyer, 1912
    • Botrylloides vinosa Alder & Hancock, 1912
    • Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816
    • Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816)
    • Botryllus leptus (Herdman, 1899)
    • Metrocarpa leachi (Savigny, 1816)
    • Sarcobotrylloides espevaerense Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896
    • Sarcobotrylloides jacksonianum Herdman, 1899
    • Sarcobotrylloides pannosum Herdman, 1899

Botrylloides leachii is a colonial tunicate of the family Styelidae. Its unique methods of propagation and regeneration make it an ideal model organism for use in biological study of development, immunology, stem cells, and regeneration.[1]

  1. ^ Liza Gross (2007). "From one to many and back again: a systemic signal triggers tunicate regeneration". PLOS Biology. 5 (4): e98. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050098. PMC 1808483. PMID 20076668.