Ascidiacea taxon details
Molgula complanata Alder & Hancock, 1870 AphiaID: 103776
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Molgula Forbes, 1848 |
Synonymised
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Caesira canadensis Huntsman, 1912 (original combination)
Caesira papillosa (Verrill, 1871) (new combination)
Caesira producta (Stimpson, 1852) (new combination)
Caesira tenax (Traustedt, 1883) (new combination)
Ctenicella lanceplaini Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877 (original combination)
Ctenicella morgatae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877 (original combination)
Lithonephria eugyranda Giard, 1881 (literature misspelling)
Lithonephrya canadensis (Huntsman, 1912) (new combination)
Lithonephrya complanata (Alder & Hancock, 1870) (new combination)
Lithonephrya descipiens Giard, 1872 (original combination)
Lithonephrya dicipiens Giard, 1872 (misspelling)
Lithonephrya eugyranda Giard, 1881 (original combination)
Lithonephrya tenax (Traustedt, 1883) (new combination)
Molgula papillosa Verrill, 1871 (original combination)
Molgula producta Stimpson, 1852 (original combination)
Molgula tenax Traustedt, 1883 (original combination)
Molgulina papillosa (Verrill, 1871) (new combination)
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| Sources | |
original description: Hancock, A. (1870) On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 6: 353-368 [details]
additional source: Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details] [full text]
original description (from synonym): Huntsman, A.G. (1912) Ascidians from the coasts of Canada Trans. Canadian Inst., ann.1911: 111-148. [details] [view taxon]
basis of record (from synonym): Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
original description (from synonym): Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1877) Histoire des ascidies simples des cotes de France. Deuxieme partie Arch. Zol. Exp. Gen, 6: 457-673. [details] [view taxon]
original description (from synonym): Giard, A. (1872) Rechkerches sur les ascidies composees on synascidies Arch. Zol. Exp., 1: 501-704. [details] [view taxon]
original description (from synonym): Verrill, A.E. (1871) Descriptions of some imperfectly known and new ascidians from New England Amer. Jour. Sci, ser.3, 1: 54-58, 93-100, 211-212, 288-294, 443-446. [details] [view taxon]
original description (from synonym): Stimpson, W. (1852) Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 4: 228-232. [details] [view taxon]
original description (from synonym): Traustedt, M.P.A. (1883) Vestindiske Ascidiae Simplices, Anden Afdeling. Molgulidae og Cynthiadae Vid. Meddel. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, ann.1882: 108-136. [details] [view taxon]
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Vernacular
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English |
sea grapes |
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Subspecies Molgula complanata azorensis Monniot C., 1971 accepted as Molgula azorensis Monniot, 1971
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Arctic Ocean [details]
Bretagne [details]
British Isles [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Pendleton Island [details]
Wimereux [details]
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| Feedingtype | |
suspension feeder [details]
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| Host of | |
Botryllophilus macropus Canu, 1892 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Botryllophilus macropus Canu, 1892 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: plankton feeder [details]
Distribution: Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat: bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction: hermaphroditic; eggs shed and fertilized in the water [details]
Taxonomy: Order: Pleurogona Suborder: Stolidobranchiata, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103776 |
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| | | Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Molgula complanata Alder & Hancock, 1870. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103776 on 2013-06-19 |
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