WoRMS taxon details
Salpa maxima Forskål, 1775
137273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137273)
accepted
Species
Salpa africana Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa birostrata Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa dubia Chamisso, 1819 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa forskalii Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Salpa maxima var. tuberculata Metcalf, 1918 accepted as Salpa tuberculata Metcalf, 1918 (status change)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). World List of Thaliacea. Salpa maxima Forskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137273 on 2024-11-21
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original description
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]
original description (of Salpa africana Forskål, 1775) 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
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Salpa birostrata Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri Marie Ducrotay]. (1827). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in SAG-SAY, volume 47]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite methodiquement des differens etres de la nature, consideres soit en eux-memes. d'apres l'etat actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilite qu'en peuvent retirer la medicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus celebres naturalistes.</em> vol. 47 [Tome XLVII. SAG-SAY] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25311612
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Salpa forskalii Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830). Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus. <em>Paris, Levrault.</em> 254 pp. 80 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/41400#/summary [details]
original description (of Salpa dubia 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]
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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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 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 Godeaux, J. (1960). Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea: 29. Tuniciers pélagiques du Golfe d'Eylath. Bull. Sea Fish. Res. Stat. Haifa 18: 9-15. (look up in IMIS) [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]
original description (of Salpa africana Forskål, 1775) 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
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Salpa birostrata Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri Marie Ducrotay]. (1827). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in SAG-SAY, volume 47]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite methodiquement des differens etres de la nature, consideres soit en eux-memes. d'apres l'etat actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilite qu'en peuvent retirer la medicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus celebres naturalistes.</em> vol. 47 [Tome XLVII. SAG-SAY] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25311612
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Salpa forskalii Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830). Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus. <em>Paris, Levrault.</em> 254 pp. 80 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/41400#/summary [details]
original description (of Salpa dubia 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]
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
[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 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 Godeaux, J. (1960). Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea: 29. Tuniciers pélagiques du Golfe d'Eylath. Bull. Sea Fish. Res. Stat. Haifa 18: 9-15. (look up in IMIS) [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Giant salp | [details] |
| Japanese | オオトガリサルパ | [details] |
| Russian | Сальпа большая | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (241 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Salpa africana Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salpa maxima)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (40 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Salpa africana Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salpa maxima)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (40 records)
To ITIS
