Species Thalia democratica (Forsskål, 1775)
- Salpa democratica 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] [113].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Cole, L. 1989. Catalog of tunicate type specimens in the United States National Museum collections. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology 487: 1–12 lists types USNM 6473, USNM 6474 from Luzon (Philippines) which are not types and are probably collections of the US Bureau of Fisheries Albatross, see Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 2 100(2): 5–193 pls i–xiv), Mallorca, west Mediterranean Sea.Secondary source:
Van Soest, R.W.M. 1973. The genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea) with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia 20: 193-212 [197]. - Salpa mucronata 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] [114].
Type data:
Status unknown, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea.Secondary source:
Van Soest, R.W.M. 1973. The genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea) with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia 20: 193-212 [197]. - Salpa spinosa Otto, A.W. 1823. Beschreibung einiger neuen Mollusken und Zoophyten. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 11(2): 273-314 [303].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mediterranean Sea.Secondary source:
Van Soest, R.W.M. 1973. The genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea) with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia 20: 193-212 [197]. - Dubreuillia cirrhosa Lesson, R.P. 1830. Zoologie. pp. 256-279, 433-440 in Lesson, R.P. (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde sur la Corvette La Coquille pendant 1822–1825. Paris : P. Pourret Frères Vol. 2(1). [278].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown. - Salpa caboti Desor, P.J.E. 1848. Salpa caboti sp.n. exhibited and described. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 75-76 [75].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Nantucket, Atlantic coast of North America.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Waal, J.P. 1966. Salpa Edwards, 1771 (Pisces): proposed suppression under the Plenary Powers in favour of Salpa Forskål, 1775 together with the designation of a type species for Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea): Z.N.(S.) 1651. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23: 232
- Van Soest, R.W.M. 1973. The genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea) with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia 20: 193-212 [197]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
In all tropical and temperate seas except Mediterranean Sea and West Indies.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait
- Victoria: Bass Strait
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, planktonic.
Extra Ecological Information
Favours warmer waters 11.5–25.6ºC, in upper 25 m layer.
History of changes
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| 30-Nov-2017 | MODIFIED |