Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID238938
GroupTunicates
GenusBotrylloides
Speciesviolaceus
Common Namean orange sheath tunicate
StateVA
CountyYork
LocalityYork River at Yorktown (Amoco Refinery)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameYork
HUC8 Number02080107
HUC10 NameLower York River
HUC10 Number0208010702
HUC12 NameSarah Creek-York River
HUC12 Number020801070204
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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