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

Molgula Forbes, 1848

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anurella*	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877	synonym
*Caesira*	Fleming, 1822	synonym
*Ctenicella*	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877	synonym
*Cystingia*	MacLeay, 1825	synonym

Children

Molgula amesophleba (Codreanu & Mack-Fira, 1956)
Molgula appendiculata Heller, 1877
Molgula azorensis Monniot C., 1971
Molgula bleizi (Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877)
Molgula caminae Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1988
Molgula celtica Monniot C., 1970
Molgula citrina Alder & Hancock, 1848
Molgula complanata Alder & Hancock, 1870
Molgula crustosa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1988
Molgula dextrocarpa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
Molgula euprocta (Drasche, 1884)
Molgula griffithsii (MacLeay, 1825)
Molgula helleri Drasche, 1884
Molgula herdmani Brewin, 1958
Molgula hirta Monniot F., 1965
Molgula impura Heller, 1877
Molgula kiaeri Hartmeyer, 1901
Molgula kolaensis Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1928
Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)
Molgula mira (Ärnbäck, 1931)
Molgula occidentalis Traustedt, 1883
Molgula occulta Kupffer, 1875
Molgula oculata Forbes, 1848
Molgula plana Monniot C., 1971
Molgula platybranchia Monniot C., 1970
Molgula pumila Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1976
Molgula retortiformis Verrill, 1871
Molgula rheophila (Pérès, 1956)
Molgula romeri Hartmeyer, 1903
Molgula roulei Monniot C., 1969
Molgula satyrus Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1993
Molgula simplex Alder & Hancock, 1870
Molgula siphonalis Kiaer, 1896
Molgula siphonata Alder, 1850
Molgula socialis Alder, 1863
Molgula solenata (Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877)
Molgula tethys Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1974
Molgula tubifera (Örsted, 1844)
Molgula vara Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1979

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フクロボヤ属

Literature

original description	Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula Forbes, 1848. 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:103509