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Ascidiacea taxon details

Molgula arenata Stimpson, 1852

158505  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158505)

accepted
Species
Ascidia psammophora Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Caesira arenata (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Caesira psammophora (Agassiz, 1850) · unaccepted (new combination)
Eugyra arenata (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Euritteria arenata (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Molgula psammophora (Agassiz, 1850) · unaccepted (new combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Stimpson, W. (1852). Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 228-232. [details]   
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape May  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape May [details]

Taxonomy Order: Pleurogona Suborder: Stolidobranchiata, according to Trott (2004).  
Taxonomy Order: Pleurogona Suborder: Stolidobranchiata, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula arenata Stimpson, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158505 on 2024-03-19
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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2007-12-05 12:32:01Z
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original description Stimpson, W. (1852). Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 228-232. [details]   

original description  (of Ascidia psammophora Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). On the embryology of Ascidia and the characteristis of new species from the shores of Massachusetts. <em>Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci.</em> 2: 157-159. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]   

additional source 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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Moaren [details]

From other sources
Diet plankton feeder [details]

Dimensions 19 mm in size [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape May [details]

Reproduction hermaphroditic; eggs shed and fertilized in the water [details]

Taxonomy Order: Pleurogona Suborder: Stolidobranchiata, according to Trott (2004). [details]
LanguageName 
English sea grapes  [details]

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