WoRMS taxon details
Molgula pedunculata (Herdman, 1881)
173279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173279)
accepted
Species
Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascopera mawsoni Herdman, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascopera pedunculata Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
Caesira bacca Herdman, 1910 · unaccepted (original combination)
Caesira maxima (Sluiter, 1905) · unaccepted (new combination)
Caesira pedunculata (Herdman, 1881) · unaccepted (new combination)
Eugyra peduculata Traustedt, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910 · unaccepted (original combination)
Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ascopera pedunculata Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 11(4): 233-240. [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Molgula pedunculata (Herdman, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173279 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caesira bacca Herdman, 1910) Herdman, W. A. (1910). Tunicata. <em>In: National Antarctic expedition (ship 'Discovery'), 1901-1904, natural history. London.</em> 5: 1-26. [details]
original description (of Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904) Michaelsen, W. (1904). Die stolidobranhiaten ascidien der deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wiss. Ergeb.Deutschen Tiefsee-Exped.</em> 7: 181-260. [details]
original description (of Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 11(4): 233-240. [details]
original description (of Ascopera mawsoni Herdman, 1923) Herdman, W. A. (1923). Ascidiae simplices. <em>In: Mawson, D., Australiasian Antarctic expedition, 1911-1914. Sydney, Australia, ser.C.</em> 3(3): 5-35. [details]
original description (of Ascopera pedunculata Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 11(4): 233-240. [details]
original description (of Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910) Herdman, W. A. (1910). Tunicata. <em>In: National Antarctic expedition (ship 'Discovery'), 1901-1904, natural history. London.</em> 5: 1-26. [details]
original description (of Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905) Sluiter, C. P. (1905). Note preliminaire sur les Ascidiens holosomates de l'Expedition Antarctique Francaise commandee par le Dr. Charcot. <em>Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris.</em> 11: 470-474. [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904) Michaelsen, W. (1904). Die stolidobranhiaten ascidien der deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wiss. Ergeb.Deutschen Tiefsee-Exped.</em> 7: 181-260. [details]
original description (of Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 11(4): 233-240. [details]
original description (of Ascopera mawsoni Herdman, 1923) Herdman, W. A. (1923). Ascidiae simplices. <em>In: Mawson, D., Australiasian Antarctic expedition, 1911-1914. Sydney, Australia, ser.C.</em> 3(3): 5-35. [details]
original description (of Ascopera pedunculata Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Molgulidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 11(4): 233-240. [details]
original description (of Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910) Herdman, W. A. (1910). Tunicata. <em>In: National Antarctic expedition (ship 'Discovery'), 1901-1904, natural history. London.</em> 5: 1-26. [details]
original description (of Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905) Sluiter, C. P. (1905). Note preliminaire sur les Ascidiens holosomates de l'Expedition Antarctique Francaise commandee par le Dr. Charcot. <em>Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris.</em> 11: 470-474. [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]
additional source Monniot, F.; Dettai, A. (2015). Pedunculate Molgula species (Ascidiidae, Molgulidae) from the French Antarctic sector. Redescription and taxonomic revision. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3920(1): 171-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]
additional source Monniot, F.; Dettai, A. (2015). Pedunculate Molgula species (Ascidiidae, Molgulidae) from the French Antarctic sector. Redescription and taxonomic revision. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3920(1): 171-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Mopedu [details]Unreviewed
Spelling Mogula pedunculata in RAMS checklist [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Caesira pedunculata (Herdman, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Caesira bacca Herdman, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (136 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Caesira pedunculata (Herdman, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Caesira bacca Herdman, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (136 records)
To ITIS
