Species under Molgula
n= 113
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Molgula amesophleba
(Codreanu & Mack-Fira, 1956)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula antiborealis
Millar, 1967
Southeast Atlantic
Molgula appendiculata
Heller, 1877
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula arenata
Stimpson, 1852
Northwest Atlantic
Molgula bisinus
Monniot, 1989
Western Central Pacific
Molgula bleizi
(Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula bourbonis
Monniot, 1994
Southwest Indian Ocean
Molgula braziliensis
Millar, 1958
Southwest Atlantic
Molgula brieni
Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Western Indian Ocean
Molgula calvata
Sluiter, 1904
Indo-West Pacific
Molgula caminae
Monniot & Monniot, 1988
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula celebensis
Millar, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Molgula celtica
Monniot, 1970
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula citrina
Alder & Hancock, 1848
Sea grape Northern Atlantic and the Arctic 1.8
Molgula coactilis
Monniot & Monniot, 1977
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Molgula complanata
Alder & Hancock, 1870
Atlantic and the Arctic 1.5
Molgula conchata
Sluiter, 1898
Southeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific
Molgula confluxa
(Sluiter, 1912)
Antarctica
Molgula contorta
Sluiter, 1898
Western Central Atlantic
Molgula cooperi
(Huntsman, 1912)
Northeast Pacific
Molgula crinita
Sluiter, 1904
Indo-Pacific
Molgula crustosa
Monniot & Monniot, 1988
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula cryptica
Millar, 1962
Southeast Atlantic
Molgula delicata
Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Western Pacific 0.9
Molgula dextrocarpa
Monniot & Monniot, 1974
Northern Atlantic
Molgula dicosta
Millar, 1988
Western Indian Ocean
Molgula dione
(Savigny, 1816)
Western Indian Ocean 2.6
Molgula discogona
Millar, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Molgula diversa
Kott, 1972
Western Pacific
Molgula echinosiphonica
Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula ellistoni
Kott, 1972
Eastern Indian Ocean
Molgula enodis
(Sluiter, 1912)
Antarctic
Molgula estadosi
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Molgula euplicata
Herdman, 1923
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Molgula euprocta
Drasche, 1884
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Molgula falsensis
Millar, 1955
Southeast Atlantic
Molgula ficus
(Macdonald, 1859)
Indo-Pacific
Molgula georgiana
Michaelsen, 1922
Southwest Pacific, Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Molgula gigantea
(Herdman, 1881)
Antarctic
Molgula griffithsii
(Macleay, 1825)
Northern Atlantic, Northern Pacific and the Arctic
Molgula habanensis
Van Name, 1945
Western Atlantic
Molgula helleri
Drasche, 1884
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Molgula herdmani
Bjerkan, 1905
Southwest Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Molgula hirta
Monniot, 1965
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula hodgsoni
Herdman, 1910
Antarctic
Molgula hozawai
Oka, 1932
Northwest Pacific
Molgula impura
Heller, 1877
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Molgula incidata
Kott, 1985
Western Pacific
Molgula karubari
Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Western Central Pacific
Molgula kerguelenensis
Kott, 1954
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Molgula kiaeri
Hartmeyer, 1903
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula kolaensis
Ärnbäck, 1928
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula kophameli
Michaelsen, 1900
Southwest Atlantic
Molgula longitubis
Monniot, 2002
Western Indian Ocean
Molgula longivascula
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific and the Antarctic
Molgula lutulenta
(Van Name, 1912)
Northwest Atlantic
Molgula macquariensis
Kott, 1954
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific
Molgula malvinensis
Ärnbäck, 1938
Indo-West Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and the Antarctic
Molgula manhattensis
(DeKay, 1843)
Common sea grape Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, and the Arctic 4
Molgula marioni
Millar, 1960
Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and the Antarctic
Molgula millari
Kott, 1971
Antarctic Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific 1.3
Molgula mira
(Ärnbäck, 1931)
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula mollis
Herdman, 1899
Indo-West Pacific
Molgula mortenseni
(Michaelsen, 1922)
Indo-Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and Antarctic
Molgula napiformis
Lambert, 1993
Eastern Central Pacific
Molgula novaeselandiae
(Michaelsen, 1912)
Southwest Pacific
Molgula occidentalis
Traustedt, 1883
Cosmopolitan 3
Molgula occulta
Kupffer, 1875
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula oculata
Forbes, 1848
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea 8
Molgula oregonia
Ritter, 1913
Northeast Pacific
Molgula pacifica
(Huntsman, 1912)
Globular ascidian Northeast Pacific
Molgula pedunculata
Herdman, 1881
Southwest Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic 10
Molgula phytophila
Monniot, 1970
Southwest Atlantic 0.5
Molgula pigafettae
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Molgula pila
Monniot & Monniot, 1985
Eastern Indian Ocean
Molgula plana
Monniot, 1971
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula platana
Van Name, 1945
Southwest Atlantic
Molgula platei
Hartmeyer, 1914
South Africa
Molgula platybranchia
Monniot, 1969
Atlantic Ocean 1.2
Molgula provisionalis
Van Name, 1945
Western Atlantic
Molgula pugetiensis
Herdman, 1898
Pacific Ocean
Molgula pulchra
Michaelsen, 1900
Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and the Antarctic 1
Molgula pumila
Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula pyriformis
Herdman, 1881
Southeast Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
Molgula regularis
Ritter, 1907
Northwest Pacific
Molgula retortiformis
Verrill, 1871
Sea clod Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic 10
Molgula rheophila
(Pérès, 1956)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula riddlei
Monniot, Dettai, Eleaume, Cruaud & Ameziane, 2011
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Molgula rima
Kott, 1972
Western Central Pacific
Molgula robini
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic
Molgula robusta
(Van Name, 1912)
Northwest Atlantic
Molgula roemeri
Hartmeyer, 1903
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula roulei
Monniot, 1970
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula sabulosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Molgula satyrus
Monniot & Monniot, 1993
Eastern Atlantic 0.75
Molgula scutata
Millar, 1955
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Molgula setigera
Ärnbäck, 1938
Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and the Antarctic
Molgula simplex
Alder & Hancock, 1870
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula siphonalis
Sars, 1859
Northern Atlantic, Northeast Pacific and the Arctic
Molgula siphonata
Alder, 1850
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula sluiteri
(Michaelsen, 1922)
Southwest Pacific and Antarctic
Molgula socialis
Alder, 1848
Atlantic, Antarctic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula solenata
(Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877)
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula sphaera
Kott, 1972
Indo-West Pacific
Molgula tectiformis
Nishikawa, 1991
Northwest Pacific
Molgula tethys
Monniot & Monniot, 1974
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula topata
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Southwest Pacific
Molgula tubifera
(Ørsted, 1844)
Northeast Atlantic
Molgula vara
Monniot & Monniot, 1979
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Molgula variazizi
Monniot, 1978
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Molgula verrilli
(Van Name, 1912)
Northwest Atlantic
Molgula verrucifera
Ritter & Forsyth, 1917
Eastern Central Pacific
Molgula xenophora
Oka, 1914
Northwest Pacific
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