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

Molgula occidentalis Traustedt, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Molgula*	Forbes, 1848	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Traustedt, M.P.A. (1883) Vestindiske Ascidiae Simplices, Anden Afdeling. Molgulidae og Cynthiadae Vid. Meddel. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, ann.1882: 108-136.
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 Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.
additional source	Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

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Taxonomy

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

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2009-05-24 by Rosana Moreira da Rocha

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