Species Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)
- Holothurium zonarium Pallas, P.S. 1774. In, Spicelegia Zoologica. Pt 10. Berolini : G.A. Lange Vol. 1 41 pp. [26].
Type data:
Status unknown, near island of Antigua. - Salpa polycratica Forsskål, P. 1775. Salpa. pp. 112-117 in, Descriptions Animalium …; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Hauniae : Heineck & Faber. 164 pp. [publication date established from Melville, R.V. 1969. Salpa Forskål, 1775 (Tunicata): Validated under the Plenary Powers with designation of a type species for Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136–138] [116].
Type data:
Status unknown, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea. - Salpa unicuspidata Blainville, H.M.D. de 1827. Salpa. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136-138 [116].
Type data:
Status unknown, Straits of Gibraltar. - Salpa cordiformis Blainville, H.M.D. de 1827. Salpa. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136-138 [120].
Type data:
Status unknown, Straits of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea. - Salpa microstoma Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1827. Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe en mai 1826, dans le détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 1(10): 172-237 & c pls i, ii, viiiA [226].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP (not found), Straits of Gibraltar. - Salpa nitida Herdman, W.A. 1888. Report upon the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 27(76): 1-166 pls i-xi [81].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), north of Admiralty Is. [2°15'N 146°16'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 2 100(2): 5-193 pls i-xiv [100]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic Ocean between 40ºS and Iceland, western and central Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean to Japan, and east Pacific from Straits of Magellan to Alaska.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- Alaska
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, planktonic.
Extra Ecological Information
Common in most temperate waters.
General References
History of changes
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