MSBIAS taxon details

Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127405

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Tetraodontiformes > Molidae > Mola
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mola Koelreuter, 1763
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, 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. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[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: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 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: Robins et al., 1986 [details]

additional source: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 334 [details]


additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English ocean sunfish  [details]
English sunfish  [details]
English sun-fish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Milne Edwards, 1840) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Philorthragoriscus serratus (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dinemoura latifolia (Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cecrops exiguus Wilson C.B., 1923 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus hastatus Shiino, 1960 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus insignis Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus molae Heegaard, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Orthagoriscicola muricatus (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Orthagoriscicola wilsoni Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr & Schuurmans Stekhoven E.W., 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Laemargus muricatus Kroyer, 1837 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus formosanus Ho & Lin, 2010 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (228 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Gilson (1921, fig. 83)
Gilson (1921, fig. 83)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
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Poll (1947, fig. 260)
Poll (1947, fig. 260)
added on 2008-08-14 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Steentrup & Lütken)
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Mola mola
Mola mola
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Mola mola
Mola mola
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Mola mola
Mola mola
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Maanvis  - Mola mola
Maanvis - Mola mola
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Maanvis  - Mola mola
Maanvis - Mola mola
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Mola mola
Mola mola
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127405
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2013) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at http://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127405 on 2013-06-19