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Weelia Yount, 1954 
AphiaID: 137239

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Salpida (Order) > Salpidae (Family) > Salpinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Iasis Savigny, 1816
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Salpa cylindrica Cuvier, 1804 (type by original designation)
Parent Salpinae Lahille, 1888
Sources  original description: Yount, J.L. 1954. The taxonomy of the Salpidae (Tunicata) of the Central Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 8: 276-330. [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1975a. Observations on taxonomy and distribution of some Salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of three new species. Beaufortia 23 (302): 105-129. [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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

source of synonymy: 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]

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Species Weelia cylindrica (Cuvier, 1804) accepted as Iasis cylindrica (Cuvier, 1804)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137239
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-05 14:01:03Z  changed  Renders, Kristel
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). Weelia Yount, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137239 on 2013-05-20
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