Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843) 
AphiaID: 103788

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Molgula Forbes, 1848
Sources		basis of record: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Polk, Ph. (1976). Inventarisatie plankton: fauna en flora [Plankton inventory : fauna and flora], in: Nihoul, J.C.J.; De Coninck, L. (Ed.) (1976). Project Sea final report: 7. Inventory of fauna and flora. Project Sea final report, 7: pp. 233-311 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1978. A field guide to the Atlantic seashore. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 329 p. [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Miner, R. W. 1950. Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. New York. 888 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia Mem. Qd Mus. 23: 1-440. [details] additional source: Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish lådden søpung  [details] Dutch ronde zakpijp  [details] Dutch zeedruif  [details] English molgula  [details] English sea grape  [details] English sea grapes  [details] English sea squirts  [details] French molgule  [details] French molgule de Manhattan  [details] German blaugrüne Ascidie  [details] German Meertraube  [details] Swedish luddsjöpung  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] L'Etete [details] Manicouagan [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Saint Lawrence River [details] Spuikom [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wales [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Host of		Notodelphys canui Roland, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygus laticornis Wilson C.B., 1932 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		BIOTIC Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Molgula manhattensis Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (66 nucleotides; 38 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection To ITIS
Image		Molgula manhattensis added on 2010-01-25 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: checked by De Blauwe, Hans on 2010-01-25 12:14:47
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103788
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 manhattensis (De Kay, 1843). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103788 on 2013-05-25
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