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Molgula ficus

Molgula ficus

(Macdonald, 1859)

GBIF:179906377

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Distribution: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, S. China Sea, Chile, California. Detailed references with illustrations: Millar (1975 as M. martensii Traustedt, 1885), Kott & Goodbody (1982 as M. martensii), Kott (1985), Clarke & Castilla (2000), Lambert (2007), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2008), Other references: Zheng (1995 as M. martensii), Castilla et al. (2005), Lee et al. (2013, 2016).
Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming (2021): Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Zootaxa 4933 (1): 1-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1

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AnimaliaChordataAscidiaceaPleurogonaMolgulidaeMolgulaMolgula ficus

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Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming (2021): Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Zootaxa 4933 (1): 1-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1

Abstract

During the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, hundreds of ascidians were collected along with numerous other marine phyla. Collections were made intertidally as well as subtidally by snorkel, SCUBA, trawling and dredging. While many ascidian specimens remain unidentified, 14 aplousobranchs, nine phlebobranchs and 17 stolidobranchs have been identified; a surprising 50% of these comprise 20 new records for Singapore. An additional new record of the phlebobranch Perophora namei collected from the same area in 2014 and 2015 is included here. Of the 21 new records, Aplidium cf. grisiatum, Distaplia regina, Euherdmania cf. digitata, Cnemidocarpa irene, Monandrocarpa monotestis and Polyandrocarpa rollandi are also first records for the entire South China Sea region.

Lambert G, Lee S S, Teo S L, plazi (2021). Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 2/18/2021View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
179906377
Dataset Key
8ebe62fc-b086-459e-b9fd-8a75ded875c7
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2331528
Taxon ID
BB593765FFB7E72FFF6CFC37FB85FACD.taxon
Last Crawled
6/10/2026
Last Interpreted
6/10/2026
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