Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886 Fig. 4Q

Material examined.

CAGoM-0029, CAGoM-0030, CAGoM-0032, CAGoM-0037, CAGoM-0038, Chel 2, 1 m, 11-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0040, Cel 2, 1 m, 11-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0185, Arc 3, 3 m, 30-10-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Photographed record (no specimens in collection): VeR, 8 m, 20-09-2015, L. Palomino-Alvarez

Remarks.

Botrylloides niger is among the species considered common and abundant in tropical waters (Rocha et al. 2010) with a widespread geographical distribution, where it attaches to natural and artificial substrates (Sheets et al. 2016 - as B. nigrum). We found it beneath rocks, on coral reefs, in ports and lagoons.

Global distribution.

United States (Van Name 1945), Mexico (Van Name 1945), Bermuda (Herdman 1886; Van Name 1902, 1945; Monniot 1972), Belize (Goodbody 2000), Panama (Carman et al. 2011), Curaçao (Goodbody 1984), Bonaire (Millar 1962), Venezuela (Rocha et al. 2010; Carballo-Pérez and Díaz 2011), Cuba (Van Name 1945), Jamaica (Goodbody 2003), Puerto Rico (Van Name), Guadeloupe (Monniot 1983b), Martinique (Monniot 2018b as B. nigrum), Antilles (Gravier 1955; Van Name 1930), Tobago (Cole 2012), Brazil (Rodrigues 1962; Rocha and Costa 2005; Rocha and Kremer 2005; Rocha and Bonnet 2009; Dias et al. 2012), Morocco (Millar 1698), Senegal (Monniot 1969), Israel Mediterranean (Sheets et al. 2016), Singapore (Sheets et al. 2016), Somalia (Millar 1988), Madagascar (Vasseur 1970), French Polynesia (Monniot et al. 1985).