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Thetys Tilesius, 1802 
AphiaID: 137237

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 Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802 (type by monotypy)
Parent Salpinae Lahille, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Salpa (Thetys) Tilesius, 1802 (genus transfer and status change)
 Tetys (misspelling)
Sources  original description: Tilesius, W.G. 1802. Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig 1: 150-165. [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: 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]

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

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[show all]		 Species Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802

Species Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) accepted as Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
Species Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804) accepted as Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137237
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-23 13:54:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-03-08 14:00:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Thetys Tilesius, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137237 on 2013-05-24
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