MSBIAS taxon details
Salpidae Lahille, 1888
137217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137217)
accepted
Family
Salpa Forskål, 1775 (type by monotypy)
- Subfamily Cyclosalpinae Yount, 1954
- Subfamily Salpinae Lahille, 1888
- Genus Iasis Savigny, 1816
- Genus Ihlea Metcalf, 1919
- Genus Pegea Savigny, 1816
- Genus Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919
- Genus Salpa Forskål, 1775
- Genus Soestia Kott, 1998
- Genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798
- Genus Thetys Tilesius, 1802
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lahille, M. F. (1888). Étude systématique des tuniciers. <em>Compt. Rendus Assoc. France Adv. Sci.</em> 16 (2): 667-677. [details] 
MSBIAS (2025). Salpidae Lahille, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137217 on 2025-06-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Salpidae Lahille, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137217 on 2025-06-06
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Lahille, M. F. (1888). Étude systématique des tuniciers. <em>Compt. Rendus Assoc. France Adv. Sci.</em> 16 (2): 667-677. [details]
basis of record Kott, P. (1998). Tunicata. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia.</em> 34: pp.51-252, 259-261 (App. 1-3), 265-292 (Index). [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1975). Zoogeography and speciation in the Salpidae (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 23: 307-381. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hereu, C.M.; Suárez-Morales, E. (2012). Checklist of the salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea) from the Western Caribbean Sea with a key for their identification and comments on other North Atlantic salps. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3210: 50-60. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Kott, P. (1998). Tunicata. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia.</em> 34: pp.51-252, 259-261 (App. 1-3), 265-292 (Index). [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1975). Zoogeography and speciation in the Salpidae (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 23: 307-381. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hereu, C.M.; Suárez-Morales, E. (2012). Checklist of the salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea) from the Western Caribbean Sea with a key for their identification and comments on other North Atlantic salps. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3210: 50-60. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
