African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Molgula conchata Sluiter, 1898

AfReMaS taxon details

Molgula conchata Sluiter, 1898

AphiaID

215933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215933)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Molgula Forbes, 1848

Original name

Molgula conchata Sluiter, 1898

Synonymised names

Ctenicella natalensis Michaelsen, 1918 · unaccepted (original combination)

Molgula natalensis (Michaelsen, 1918) · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sluiter, C. P. (1898). Beitrage zur kenntnis der fauna von Sud-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. II. Tunicaten von Süd-Afrika. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 11: 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26904 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula conchata Sluiter, 1898. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215933 on 2026-09-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Molgula conchata Sluiter, 1898. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215933 on 2026-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2003-07-24 13:14:45Z

created

Vicky

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

2010-06-25 11:54:01Z

changed

Gittenberger, Arjan

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original description Sluiter, C. P. (1898). Beitrage zur kenntnis der fauna von Sud-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. II. Tunicaten von Süd-Afrika. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 11: 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26904 [details]

original description (of Ctenicella natalensis Michaelsen, 1918) Michaelsen, W. (1918). Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Oceans. Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg. 35(2): 1-73. [details]

basis of record Millar, R. H. (1962). Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46(7): 113-221. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Millar, R. H. (1962). Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46(7): 113-221. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Molgula natalensis (Michaelsen, 1918))