Species Molgula manhattensis (DeKay, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ascidea manhattensis DeKay, J.E. 1843. Mollusca Part 5. In, DeKay, J.E. (ed.). Natural History of New York. Albany : New York Assembly vii + 271 pp. [259].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AMNH (depository uncertain, not found), Manhattan Is., New York, USA.
• Molgula sordida Stimpson, W. 1852. Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 228-232 [229].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) HMN (whereabouts of other syntype(s) unknown), Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, USA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476 [385]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic coast, USA, Mediterranean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • California

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Wharf piles, ships etc, sea grass, sand or muddy substrates in large aggregates, to 30 m, in salinity 11 to over 20 parts/thousand.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [379]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)