title: Molgula pugetiensis is a Pacific tailless ascidian within the Roscovita clade of molgulids.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Max E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Maliska
authors.forename: Billie J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Swalla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005835:Genitalia / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010802:Phylogeny; D014561:Urochordata / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D014861:Washington