Molgula occulta Kupffer, 1875 
AphiaID: 103791

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea > Stolidobranchia > Molgulidae > Molgula

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Molgula Forbes, 1848
Synonymised taxa		Anurella roscovita Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877 (original combination) Caesira occulta (Kupffer, 1875) (new combination) Molgula africana Sluiter, 1915 (original combination) Molgula coreni Traustedt, 1880 (original combination) Molgula hannensis Peres, 1949 (original combination) Molgula psammodes Traustedt, 1880 (original combination)
Sources		original description: Kupffer, C.W (1875) Tunicata. Jahresber. Komm. Wiss. Untersuchung deutschen Meere in Kiel, Berlin, 2: 197-228 [details] additional source: Monniot, C. (1969) Les Molgulidae des mers europeennes Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., 40(4): 172-272. [details] 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] from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sluiter, C.P. (1915) Einige neue ascidien von der West-Kuste Afrikas Tijdschr. Nederlandsche Dierk. Ver., ser2, 14: 37-57. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Traustedt, M.P.A. (1880) Oversigt over de fra Danmark og dets nordlige Bilande kjendte Ascidiae simplices Vid. Meddel. Dansk Nat. For., Kjobenhavn, ann. 1879-1880: 397-443. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Peres, J.M. (1949) Contribution a l'etude des Ascidies de la cote occidentale d'Afrique Bull. Inst. fr. Afr. noire, 11: 159-207. [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Norwegian Bokmål pyntesekkdyr  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk pyntesekkdyr  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Coast of England [details] West Coast of England [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Host of		Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Gunenotophorus globularis Costa O.G., 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus albens Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection Tunicate Phylogeny  Note: Dr. Billie J. Swalla's WEB pages To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103791
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Monniot, Claude 2007-12-05 12:32:01Z   checked   Sanamyan, Karen
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		Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Molgula occulta Kupffer, 1875. 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=103791 on 2013-05-19