Molgula ficus ( Macdonald, 1859 )

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), pp. 1-38 : 31

Molgula ficus ( Macdonald, 1859)

#0154F, on floating pontoon. One small but with well developed gonads. Seven branchial folds per side, straight stigmata, eight longitudinal vessels per fold; oral velum large; short tentacular processes around siphonal openings. Kidney dark brown.

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).