Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Pyuridae > Genus Boltenia

Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Boltenia*	Savigny, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): kaktussekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: Kaktussøpung sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: cactus sea squirt sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Norwegian: kaktussekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kaktussekkdyr sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12(1): 1087

Norwegian Nynorsk: kaktussekkdyr sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12(1): 1087

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kaktussekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kaktussjöpung

Literature

basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355
additional source	Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Miner, R. W. 1950. Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. New York. 888 p.
additional source	Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Gosner, K.L. 1978. A field guide to the Atlantic seashore. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 329 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103814