WoRMS taxon details
Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775)
137263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137263)
accepted
Species
Apsteinia asymmetrica Metcalf, 1918 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Apsteinia punctata (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Salpa asymmetrica Fowler, 1896 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa musculosa Herdman, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apsteinia punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
(of Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
(of Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
(of Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
(of Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
Garic, R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2026). World List of Thaliacea. Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137263 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Apsteinia punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896)) Fowler, G.H. 1896. Contributions to our knowledge of the plankton of the Faeroe Channel. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64 (1): 991-996., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03092.x [details]
original description (of Salpa asymmetrica Fowler, 1896) Fowler, G.H. 1896. Contributions to our knowledge of the plankton of the Faeroe Channel. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64 (1): 991-996., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03092.x [details]
original description (of Salpa musculosa Herdman, 1888) Herdman, W. A. (1888). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S."Challenger", during the years 1873-76. III, Ascidiae salpiformes, Thaliacea, Larvacea, etc. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 27 (part 76): 1-165, pl. 1-11., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-76/README.htm [details]
original description (of Apsteinia asymmetrica Metcalf, 1918) Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Apsteinia punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775)) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896)) Fowler, G.H. 1896. Contributions to our knowledge of the plankton of the Faeroe Channel. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64 (1): 991-996., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03092.x [details]
original description (of Salpa asymmetrica Fowler, 1896) Fowler, G.H. 1896. Contributions to our knowledge of the plankton of the Faeroe Channel. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64 (1): 991-996., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03092.x [details]
original description (of Salpa musculosa Herdman, 1888) Herdman, W. A. (1888). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S."Challenger", during the years 1873-76. III, Ascidiae salpiformes, Thaliacea, Larvacea, etc. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 27 (part 76): 1-165, pl. 1-11., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-76/README.htm [details]
original description (of Apsteinia asymmetrica Metcalf, 1918) Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
van Soest, R.W.M. (1975). Thaliacea of the Bermuda area. <em>Bull. Zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam.</em> 5(2): 8-12. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Franco, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Lo, W.-T.; Hwang, J.-S. (2017). Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(15-16): 917-936., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180
page(s): 932 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]additional source Franco, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Lo, W.-T.; Hwang, J.-S. (2017). Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(15-16): 917-936., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180
page(s): 932 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハンモンサルパ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ihlea punctata)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (5 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ihlea punctata)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Salpa (Apsteinia) punctata Forskål, 1775)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Ihlea asymmetrica (Fowler, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (5 records)
