Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Molgulidae > Genus Molgula

Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Molgula*	Forbes, 1848	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lådden søpung sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ronde zakpijp sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English: molgula; sea grape sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English-United States: Sea Grapes sources: Charles Hussey

French: molgule; molgule de Manhattan sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

German: blaugrüne Ascidie; Meertraube sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Swedish: luddsjöpung

Literature

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
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.
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.
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.
additional source	ITIS database
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
additional source	Miner, R. W. 1950. Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. New York. 888 p.
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.
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
additional source	Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia Mem. Qd Mus. 23: 1-440.
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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Taxon found in 207 publications.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Molgula manhattensis
Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications)
GenBank (66 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103788