Molgula
creator: Monniot, Claude
creator: Sanamyan, Karen
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Molgula Forbes, 1848
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula Forbes, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103509 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2007-12-05T11:29:40Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Molgula Forbes, 1848
class: Ascidiacea
family: Molgulidae
genus: Molgula
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
name published in: Arnback, C. L. (1931). On Xenomolgula mira, gen. et sp.n. and Lithonephyra complanata Alder and Hancock. Arkiv f. Zool. 23(5): 1-14.
name published in: Giard, A. (1872). Etude critique des travaux d'embryogenie relatifs à la parenté des vertébrés et des tuniciers. Arch. Zool. expé. géné., 1 : 233-288 et 397-428.
name published in: Giard, A. (1872). Recherches sur les Ascidies composées ou Synascidies. [Research on compound ascidians or synascidians.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 1:501-687, pls. 25-30. (Copepoda: 555).
name published in: Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh. 11(4): 233-240.
name published in: Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1877). Histoire des ascidies simples des côtes de France. Deuxième partie: Étude des espèces. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. 6: 457-673.
name published in: MacLeay, W. S. (1825). Anatomical observations on the natural group of the Tunicata, with the description of three species collected in Fox Channel. Trans. Linnean Soc. London. 14: 527-555.
name published in: Roule, L. (1885). Recherches sur les ascidies simples des côtes de Provence (famille des Cynthiadées). Annales du Museum d'Histoire natururelle de Marseille. 20: 1-229.
name published in: Roule, L. (1885). Sur trois nouvelles espèces d'ascidies simples des côtes de Provence. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 100 : 1015-1017.
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1852). Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 228-232.
name published in year: 1848-1853
name published in year: 1931
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1881
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 1825
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1852
order: Stolidobranchia
parent name usage ID: 103448
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Forbes, 1848
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted