MSBIAS taxon details
Salpa Forskål, 1775
137233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137233)
accepted
Genus
- Species Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Salpa Forskål, 1775. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137233 on 2025-05-12
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. Salpa Forskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137233 on 2025-05-12
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Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [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 Soest, R.W.M. (1974). A revision of the genera <i>Salpa</i> Forskål, 1775, <I>Pegea</i> Savigny, 1816, and <i>Ritteriella</i> Metcalf, 1919 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 22 (293): 153-191. [details] Available for editors
additional source Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [details] Available for editors
additional source Melville, R.V. (1969). <i>Salpa</i> Forskal, 1775 (Tunicata): Validated under the Plenary Powers with designation of a type species for <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 26 (3):136-138.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Soest, R.W.M. (1974). A revision of the genera <i>Salpa</i> Forskål, 1775, <I>Pegea</i> Savigny, 1816, and <i>Ritteriella</i> Metcalf, 1919 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 22 (293): 153-191. [details] Available for editors
additional source Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [details] Available for editors
additional source Melville, R.V. (1969). <i>Salpa</i> Forskal, 1775 (Tunicata): Validated under the Plenary Powers with designation of a type species for <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 26 (3):136-138.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
