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

Molgula tubifera (Örsted, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Molgula*	Forbes, 1848	accepted genus name
*Anurella*	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877	synonym
*Caesira*	Fleming, 1822	synonym
*Ctenicella*	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877	synonym
*Cystingia*	MacLeay, 1825	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: brackvattensjöpung

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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula tubifera (Örsted, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103807