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AfReMaS taxon details
Molgula platana
Van Name, 1945
AphiaID
250909
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250909)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Chordata
(Phylum)
Tunicata
(Subphylum)
Ascidiacea
(Class)
Stolidobranchia
(Order)
Molgulidae
(Family)
Molgula
(Genus)
Molgula platana
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Molgula
Forbes, 1848
Original name
Molgula platana
Van Name, 1945
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
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]
Taxonomic citation
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database.
Molgula platana
Van Name, 1945. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250909 on 2026-05-12
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Molgula platana
Van Name, 1945. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250909 on 2026-05-12
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z
created
Sanamyan, Karen
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (7)
Links (1)
original description
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
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
,
available online at
http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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