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Molgula

Description

Giant Molgula: Molgula gigantea (Cunningham, 1871)

Ascopera gigantea Herdman,1881 Cyntia gigantea Cunningham 1871 Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905

Notes

Published as part of Monniot, Françoise & Dettai, Agnès, 2015, Pedunculate Molgula species (Ascidiidae, Molgulidae) from the French Antarctic sector. Redescription and taxonomic revision, pp. 171-197 in Zootaxa 3920 (1) on page 185, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/241018

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Biodiversity

Family
Molgulidae
Genus
Molgula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pleurogona
Phylum
Chordata
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Cunningham, R. O. (1871) Notes on the natural history of the Strait of Magellan and west coast of Patagonia made during the Voyage of H. M. S. " Nassau " in the years 1866 - 1869. Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, xvi + 517 pp.
  • Sluiter, C. P. (1905) Note preliminaire sur les ascidiens holosomates de l'Expedition antarctique Francaise commandee par le Dr Charcot. Bulletin du Museum d'histoire naturelle, 6, 470 - 474.