African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Iasis Savigny, 1816

AphiaID

158535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158535)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Salpa cylindrica Cuvier, 1804 accepted as Iasis cylindrica (Cuvier, 1804) (type by original designation)

Parent

Salpinae Lahille, 1888

Synonymised names

Weelia Yount, 1954 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Iasis cylindrica (Cuvier, 1804)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Savigny, J. C. (1816). Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples - Système de la classe des Ascidies. In: Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres 2. Paris: G. Dufour. 1-229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9154#/summary [details]

Taxonomic citation

Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Iasis Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158535 on 2026-08-17

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Iasis Savigny, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158535 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-08 14:00:29Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Savigny, J. C. (1816). Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples - Système de la classe des Ascidies. In: Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres 2. Paris: G. Dufour. 1-229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9154#/summary [details]

original description (of Weelia Yount, 1954) Yount, J. L. (1954). The taxonomy of the Salpidae (Tunicata) of the Central Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science. 8: 276-330. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Kott, P. (1998). Tunicata. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 34: pp.51-252, 259-261 (App. 1-3), 265-292 (Index). [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Weelia Yount, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iasis)
To Genbank
To ITIS