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Ihlea Metcalf, 1919 
AphiaID: 137229

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Salpida (Order) > Salpidae (Family) > Salpinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775 (type by original designation)
Parent Salpinae Lahille, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Apsteinia Metcalf, 1918 (preoccupied)
 Salpa (Apsteinia) Metcalf, 1918 (genus transfer and status change)
Sources  original description: Metcalf, M.M. 1919. Metcalf and Bell upon Salpidae. Science N.Y. 50 (1279): 19-20. [details]

basis of record: Kott, P. (1998) Tunicata. pp.51-252, 259-261 (App. 1-3), 265-292 (Index) in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol.34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia [details]

additional source: Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details]

additional source: van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ihlea magalhanica (Apstein, 1894)
Species Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775)
Species Ihlea racovitzai (Van Beneden & Selys Longchamp, 1913)

Species Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896) accepted as Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137229
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-21 19:05:30Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-03-08 14:00:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-03-12 13:41:38Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ihlea Metcalf, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137229 on 2013-05-23
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