Specimen Information

Botrylloides violaceus
Botrylloides violaceus
(an orange sheath tunicate)
Tunicates
Exotic

Specimen ID238935
GroupTunicates
GenusBotrylloides
Speciesviolaceus
Common Namean orange sheath tunicate
StateVA
CountyNorthampton
LocalityChesapeake Bay at Kiptopeke [tip of Delmarva Peninsula]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePokomoke-Western Lower Delmarva
HUC8 Number02080111
HUC10 NameCherrystone Inlet-Lower Chesapeake Bay
HUC10 Number0208011109
HUC12 NameCherrystone Inlet-Lower Chesapeake Bay
HUC12 Number020801110902
Map
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping hull fouling
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24068
Author:Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Date:2008
Title:National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System.
Publisher:Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierDr. Gretchen Lambert
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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