Molgula pedunculata Herdman, 1881

Primo, Carmen & Vázquez, Elsa, 2007, Ascidians collected during the Spanish Antarctic expedition CIEMAR 99 / 00 in the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits, Journal of Natural History 41 (29 - 32), pp. 1775-1810 : 1806

Molgula pedunculata Herdman, 1881

Molgula pedunculata Herdman, 1881 ; Herdman 1882; Van Name 1945; Monniot C 1978; Monniot and Andrade 1983; Monniot and Monniot 1983, 1994; Tatián et al. 1998a, 1998b; Ramos-Esplá et al. 2005; Arntz et al. 2006).

Ascopera gigantea Herman, 1881 ; Herdman 1882, 1891; Hartmeyer 1911; Arnback- Christie-Linde 1938; Van Name 1945; Millar 1960, 1968; Vinogradova 1962.

Ascopera pedunculata: Herdman 1881, 1882 , 1891; Hartmeyer 1909; Arnback-Christie- Linde 1938.

Ascopera bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904 ; Hartmeyer 1911.

Molgula maxima Sluiter, 1905 ; Sluiter 1906.

Molgula bacca Herdman, 1910 ; Herdman 1911; Arnback-Christie-Linde 1938; Van Name 1945; Millar 1960, 1968.

Molgula longicaulis Herdman, 1910 .

Caesira maxima: Hartmeyer 1911 .

Caesira bacca: Hartmeyer 1911 .

Caesira pedunculata: Sluiter 1914 .

Ascopera mawsoni Herdman, 1923 .

Molgula gigantea sens Ascopera gigantea (non Herdman, 1881) Kott, 1969, 1971; Monniot and Monniot 1974.

Distribution

New record: Bransfield Strait (Station B5: five specimens; Station B7: three specimens; up to 70 mm height plus a stalk of 83 mm). Previously recorded: Antarctic continent (except Queen Maud Land coasts); South Shetland Islands ( Kott 1969; Monniot and Monniot 1983; Tatián et al. 1998a, 1998b; Ramos-Esplá et al. 2005); Bouvet Island ( Arntz et al. 2006); Kerguelen Island ( Monniot C 1978); Magellan Strait ( Monniot and Monniot 1983); Coquimbo (Monniot and Andrade 1983). From 15 to 870 m depth.

Remarks

Untailed embryos were present in the atrial cavity.