Molgula pedunculata Sea Grape

Molgula pedunculatais commonly referred to as Sea Grape. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Molgula pedunculata

Courtesy of the author Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

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lexID:: 10198
AphiaID:: 173279

Scientific:: Molgula pedunculata
German:: Seescheide
English:: Sea Grape

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Molgulidae (Family) > Molgula (Genus) > pedunculata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herdman, ), 1881

Occurrence:: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island, South America, South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island , Subantarctic Isles, Terre Adélie, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
Sea depth:: 0 - 1000 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 0,2 °F - 48.2 °F (0,2°C - 9°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Molgula amesophleba
Molgula antiborealis
Molgula appendiculata
Molgula arenata
Molgula bacca
Molgula bisinus
Molgula bleizi
Molgula bourbonis
Molgula calvata
Molgula caminae
Molgula celebensis
Molgula celtica
Molgula citrina
Molgula coactilis
Molgula complanata
Molgula confluxa
Molgula congata
Molgula contorta
Molgula cooperi
Molgula crinita
Molgula crustosa
Molgula delicata
Molgula dextrocarpa
Molgula diaguita
Molgula dicosta
Molgula dione
Molgula discogona
Molgula diversa
Molgula echinosiphonica
Molgula ellistoni
Molgula enodis
Molgula estadosi
Molgula eugyroides
Molgula euplicata
Molgula euprocta
Molgula falsensis
Molgula ficus
Molgula georgiana
Molgula gigantea
Molgula griffithsii
See Traube
Molgula habanensis
Molgula helleri
Molgula herdmani
Molgula hirta
Molgula hodgsoni
Molgula hozawai
Molgula impura
Molgula incidata
Molgula karubari
Molgula kerguelenensis
Molgula kiaeri
Molgula kolaensis
Molgula kophameli
Molgula longitubis
Molgula lutulenta
Molgula macquariensis
Molgula malvinensis
Molgula manhattensis
Meertraube, Blaugrüne Seescheide
Molgula marioni
Molgula millari
Molgula mira
Molgula mollis
Molgula mortenseni
Molgula occidentalis
Molgula occulta
Molgula oculata
Molgula oregonia
Molgula pacifica
Molgula pedunculata
Seescheide
Molgula pigafettae
Molgula pila
Molgula plana
Molgula platana
Molgula platei
Molgula platybranchia
Molgula provisionalis
Molgula pugetiensis
Molgula pulchra
Molgula pumila
Molgula pyriformis
Molgula regularis
Molgula retortiformis
Molgula rheophila
Molgula ridgwayi
Molgula rima
Molgula robini
Molgula robusta
Molgula roemeri
Molgula roulei
Molgula sabulosa
Molgula satyrus
Molgula scutata
Molgula simplex
Molgula siphonalis
Molgula siphonata
Molgula sluiteri
Molgula socialis
Molgula solenata
Molgula somaliensis
Molgula sphaera
Molgula spiralis
Molgula taprobane
Molgula tectiformis
Molgula tethys
Molgula tubifera
Molgula vara
Molgula variazizi
Molgula verrilli
Molgula verrucifera
Molgula xenophora

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-24 14:44:39
Last edit:: 2020-04-07 16:30:51

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Molgula pedunculata (Herdman, 1881)

Very special Thank to Dr. Dirk Schories for the Pictures of Molgula pedunculata.

Sea Grapes or Molgula sp. are very common, globular, individual marine tunicates roughly the size of grapes. They are translucent with two protruding siphons. They are found subtidally, attached to slow-moving submerged objects or organisms.

Synonyms:
Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904 (misspelling)
Ascopera gigantea Herdman, 1881 (original combination)
Ascopera mawsoni Herdman, 1923 (original combination)
Ascopera pedunculata Herdman, 1881 (original combination)
Caesira bacca Herdman, 1910 (original combination)
Caesira maxima (Sluiter, 1905) (new combination)
Caesira pedunculata (Herdman, 1881) (new combination)
Eugyra peduculata Traustedt, 1886 (synonym)
Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910 (original combination)
Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905 (original combination)

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Molgulidae (Family) > Molgula (Genus)

External links

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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