North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877

AphiaID

103448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103448)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Stolidobranchia

Original name

Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877

Synonymised names

Hexacrobylidae Seeliger, 1906 · unaccepted

Direct children (15)

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Genus Anomopera Hartmeyer, 1923
Genus Asajirus Kott, 1989
Genus Bostrichobranchus Traustedt, 1883
Genus Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870
Genus Fungulus Herdman, 1882
Genus Minipera Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
Genus Molgula Forbes, 1848
Genus Molguloides Huntsman, 1922
Genus Oligotrema Bourne, 1903
Genus Paramolgula Traustedt, 1885
Genus Pareugyrioides Hartmeyer, 1914
Genus Protomolgula Monniot F., 1971
Genus Ascopera Herdman, 1881 accepted as Molgula Forbes, 1848 (Synonym)
Genus Caesira Fleming, 1822 accepted as Molgula Forbes, 1848 (Synonym)
Genus Eugyrioides Seeliger, 1907 accepted as Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870 (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

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. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103448 on 2025-02-14

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103448 on 2025-02-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-04 16:57:19Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

2010-06-25 11:54:01Z

changed

Gittenberger, Arjan

2016-02-17 08:12:50Z

changed

Swalla, Billie J.

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original description 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. [details]

basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Huber, J. L.; Da Silva, K. B.; Bates, W. R.; Swalla, B. J. (2000). The evolution of anural larvae in molgulid ascidians. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 11(6): 419-426., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/scdb.2000.0195 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	フクロボヤ科	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hexacrobylidae) (from synonym Hexacrobylidae Seeliger, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molgulidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Hexacrobylidae Seeliger, 1906)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS

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