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

Molgula citrina Alder & Hancock, 1848

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Molgula*	Forbes, 1848	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Molgula echinosiphonica*	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sitronsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian: sitronsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sitronsekkdyr sources: Trans. Tyneside Club 1: 198

Norwegian Nynorsk: sitronsekkdyr sources: Trans. Tyneside Club 1: 198

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sitronsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: citronsjöpung

Literature

original description	Alder, J., A. Hancock (1848) Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Trans. Tyneside Field Club, 1: 195-207.
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. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 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	Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
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	ITIS database
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.
additional source	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 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.