WoRMS taxon details
Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
137281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137281)
accepted
Species
Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa herculea Dall, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa neapolitana Della Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa tilesii Cuvier, 1804 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tetys costata · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name and...)
misspelling of genus name and junior synonym
Tetys tilesii · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name and...)
misspelling of genus name and junior synonym
Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137281 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [details]
original description (of Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)) Quoy, J.R.C.; Gaimard, J.P. 1825. Observations sur les Biphores et Béroés, faites pendant le voyage autour du monde de la corvette l'Uranie, commandée par M. Louis de Freycinet. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 28-51. [details]
original description (of Salpa tilesii Cuvier, 1804) Cuvier, G. 1804. Mémoire sur les Thalides (Thalia Browne) et sur les Biphores (Salpa Forskål). Annales du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle Paris 4: 360-382. [details]
original description (of Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J.R.C.; Gaimard, J.P. 1825. Observations sur les Biphores et Béroés, faites pendant le voyage autour du monde de la corvette l'Uranie, commandée par M. Louis de Freycinet. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 28-51. [details]
original description (of Salpa herculea Dall, 1872) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pl. 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246 [details]
original description (of Salpa neapolitana Della Chiaje, 1841) Della Chiaje S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore : osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830 / da S. delle Chiale. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary [details]
original description (of Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802) Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [details]
original description (of Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804)) Cuvier, G. 1804. Mémoire sur les Thalides (Thalia Browne) et sur les Biphores (Salpa Forskål). Annales du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle Paris 4: 360-382. [details]
original description (of Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)) Quoy, J.R.C.; Gaimard, J.P. 1825. Observations sur les Biphores et Béroés, faites pendant le voyage autour du monde de la corvette l'Uranie, commandée par M. Louis de Freycinet. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 28-51. [details]
original description (of Salpa tilesii Cuvier, 1804) Cuvier, G. 1804. Mémoire sur les Thalides (Thalia Browne) et sur les Biphores (Salpa Forskål). Annales du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle Paris 4: 360-382. [details]
original description (of Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J.R.C.; Gaimard, J.P. 1825. Observations sur les Biphores et Béroés, faites pendant le voyage autour du monde de la corvette l'Uranie, commandée par M. Louis de Freycinet. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 28-51. [details]
original description (of Salpa herculea Dall, 1872) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pl. 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246 [details]
original description (of Salpa neapolitana Della Chiaje, 1841) Della Chiaje S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore : osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830 / da S. delle Chiale. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary [details]
original description (of Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802) Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [details]
original description (of Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804)) Cuvier, G. 1804. Mémoire sur les Thalides (Thalia Browne) et sur les Biphores (Salpa Forskål). Annales du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle Paris 4: 360-382. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 Okutani, T. ; Osuga, K. (1986). A Peculiar Nesting Behavior of Ocythoe tuberculata in the Test of a Gigantic Salp, Tethys vagina*. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(1): 67-69. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [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]
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
[request]additional source Okutani, T. ; Osuga, K. (1986). A Peculiar Nesting Behavior of Ocythoe tuberculata in the Test of a Gigantic Salp, Tethys vagina*. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(1): 67-69. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [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]
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | schedesalp | [details] |
| English | Vagina salpthetys salp | [details] |
| Italian | salpa maggiore | [details] |
| Japanese | オオサルパ | [details] |
| Russian | Тетис вагина | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salpa herculea Dall, 1872)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thetys vagina)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tetys costata)
To PESI (from synonym Tetys tilesii)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 038665)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salpa herculea Dall, 1872)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thetys vagina)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tetys costata)
To PESI (from synonym Tetys tilesii)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 038665)
To ITIS
