WoRMS taxon details
Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804
137272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137272)
accepted
Species
Biphora depressa Sars, 1829 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Biphora tricuspidata Sars, 1829 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa coerulea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa moniliformis Macculloch, 1819 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa pyramidalis Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa runcinata Chamisso, 1819 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa tricuspidata Sars, 1829 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Forma Salpa fusiformis f. aspera Von Chamisso, 1819 accepted as Salpa aspera Chamisso, 1819 (status change)
- Variety Salpa fusiformis var. echinata Herdman, 1888 accepted as Salpa aspera Chamisso, 1819 (junior synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Distribution entire Atlantic coast, rare north of Cape Cod
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters
Distribution entire Atlantic coast, rare north of Cape Cod [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. (2024). World List of Thaliacea. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137272 on 2024-10-29
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original description
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 pyramidalis Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). <i>Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie</i>, 2(1): 1-471 [pp. 1-24, pls 1-9 (1830), 25-471, pls 10-16 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040 [details]
original description (of Salpa moniliformis Macculloch, 1819) Macculloch, J. 1819. A description of the Western Islands of Scotland including the Isle of Man: comprising an account of their geological structure with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities. In three volumes. Vol. 2. Constable, London and Edinburgh. 579 pp. [details]
original description (of Salpa tricuspidata Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Chr. Dahl, Bergen.</em> 1: 1-60, plates 1-6., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN612886522 [details]
original description (of Biphora depressa Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Forste Haefte. Bergen, Norway.</em> 160 pp. [details]
original description (of Biphora tricuspidata Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Forste Haefte. Bergen, Norway.</em> 160 pp. [details]
original description (of Salpa runcinata Chamisso, 1819) Chamisso, A. Von 1819. De animalibus quibusdam e classe Vermium Linnaeana. In: Circumnavigatione Terrae auspicante Comte N. Romanzoff, duce Ottone de Kotzbue, annis 1815-1818 peracta. Berolini, Dummlerum. [details]
original description (of Salpa emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
original description (of Salpa emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 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 coerulea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849) Cuvier G. 1836-1849. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition [3] accompagnée de planches gravées... par une réunion de disciples de Cuvier, MM: Audouin, Blanchard, Deshayes, Alcide d'Orbigny, Doyère, Dugès, Duvernoy, Laurillard, Milne-Edwards, Roulin & Valenciennes. Text, 11 vol.; Atlas, 11 vol. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39612
page(s): Mollusques Atlas; note: Pl. 121 [details]
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 (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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 [request]
additional source Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [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 Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
original description (of Salpa pyramidalis Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). <i>Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie</i>, 2(1): 1-471 [pp. 1-24, pls 1-9 (1830), 25-471, pls 10-16 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040 [details]
original description (of Salpa moniliformis Macculloch, 1819) Macculloch, J. 1819. A description of the Western Islands of Scotland including the Isle of Man: comprising an account of their geological structure with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities. In three volumes. Vol. 2. Constable, London and Edinburgh. 579 pp. [details]
original description (of Salpa tricuspidata Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Chr. Dahl, Bergen.</em> 1: 1-60, plates 1-6., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN612886522 [details]
original description (of Biphora depressa Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Forste Haefte. Bergen, Norway.</em> 160 pp. [details]
original description (of Biphora tricuspidata Sars, 1829) Sars, M. (1829). Bidrag til Söedyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Forste Haefte. Bergen, Norway.</em> 160 pp. [details]
original description (of Salpa runcinata Chamisso, 1819) Chamisso, A. Von 1819. De animalibus quibusdam e classe Vermium Linnaeana. In: Circumnavigatione Terrae auspicante Comte N. Romanzoff, duce Ottone de Kotzbue, annis 1815-1818 peracta. Berolini, Dummlerum. [details]
original description (of Salpa emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
original description (of Salpa emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 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 coerulea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849) Cuvier G. 1836-1849. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition [3] accompagnée de planches gravées... par une réunion de disciples de Cuvier, MM: Audouin, Blanchard, Deshayes, Alcide d'Orbigny, Doyère, Dugès, Duvernoy, Laurillard, Milne-Edwards, Roulin & Valenciennes. Text, 11 vol.; Atlas, 11 vol. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39612
page(s): Mollusques Atlas; note: Pl. 121 [details]
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 (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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
[request]additional source Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [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 Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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
Diet plankton feeder [details]Dimensions 75 mm in size [details]
Distribution entire Atlantic coast, rare north of Cape Cod [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Habitat found drifting in water column [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic; eggs shed and fertilized in the water [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | den enlige salpe | [details] |
| English | common salp | [details] |
| Japanese | トガリサルパ | [details] |
| Russian | Сальпа веретеновидная | [details] |
| Swedish | marsiansalp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Biphora depressa Sars, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salpa fusiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (92 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Biphora depressa Sars, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salpa fusiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Salpa clostra Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (92 records)
To ITIS
