World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Molgula ficus (Macdonald, 1859)

AphiaID

250883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250883)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Molgula Forbes, 1848

Original name

Caesira ficus Macdonald, 1859

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Macdonald, J. D. (1859). On the anatomical characters of a remarkable form of compound Tunicata. Trans. Linnean Soc. London. 22: 373-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00107.x [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 ficus (Macdonald, 1859). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250883 on 2026-08-05

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Molgula ficus (Macdonald, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250883 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

created

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description (of ) Macdonald, J. D. (1859). On the anatomical characters of a remarkable form of compound Tunicata. Trans. Linnean Soc. London. 22: 373-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00107.x [details]

context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]

context source (HKRMS) Kott P. & Goodbody I. (1982). The ascidians of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp 503-554. [details]

basis of record Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Mem Qd Mus. 23: 1-440., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/109626 [details] Available for editors

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

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact in United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Loss of aquaculture/commercial/recreational harvest or gain [details]

Introduced species remark In United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : In Antofagasta Bay, Chile, Molgula ficus is common on ropes used for scallop culture (Clarke and Castilla 2000), however, the impact on culture operations is unclear. [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molgula ficus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)