WoRMS taxon details
Molgula robusta (Van Name, 1912)
250917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250917)
accepted
Species
Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Molgula koreni Sumner & Osburn, Cole, 1913 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912) Van Name, W. G. (1912). Simple ascidians of the coasts of New England and neighboring British provinces. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 34: 439-619. [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula robusta (Van Name, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250917 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912) Van Name, W. G. (1912). Simple ascidians of the coasts of New England and neighboring British provinces. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 34: 439-619. [details]
original description (of Molgula koreni Sumner & Osburn, Cole, 1913) Sumner, F.B., R.C. Osburn & L.J. Cole. (1913). A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity. <em>Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 31: 1-860. [details]
basis of record Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]
original description (of Molgula koreni Sumner & Osburn, Cole, 1913) Sumner, F.B., R.C. Osburn & L.J. Cole. (1913). A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity. <em>Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 31: 1-860. [details]
basis of record Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]
Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Morobu [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Molgula koreni Sumner & Osburn, Cole, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Molgula koreni Sumner & Osburn, Cole, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caesira robusta Van Name, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
