Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia

Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Hexacrobylidae*	Seeliger, 1906	synonym

Children

Anomopera Hartmeyer, 1923
Asajirus Kott, 1989
Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870
Gamaster Pizon, 1896
Minipera Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
Molgula Forbes, 1848
Molguloides Huntsman, 1922
Oligotrema Bourne, 1903
Pareugyrioides Hartmeyer, 1914
Protomolgula Monniot F., 1971

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フクロボヤ科

Literature

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.
basis of record	Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007.
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.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103448