Deep-Sea taxon details
Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804
137272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137272)
accepted
Species
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] 
Garic, R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2026). World List of Thaliacea. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137272 on 2026-08-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137272 on 2026-08-30
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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]
context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors
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
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) 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
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
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 Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [details] Available for editors
additional source Franco, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Lo, W.-T.; Hwang, J.-S. (2017). Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(15-16): 917-936., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180
page(s): 932 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Ihle, J.E.W. 1910. Die Thaliaceen (einschliesslich Pyrosomen) der Siboga Expedition. Monographies Siboga Expedition 56 (d): 1-55.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
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 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
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 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 Van Soest, R.W.M. (1972). Latitudinal variation in Atlantic <i>Salpa fusiformis</i> Cuvier, 1804 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 20 (262): 59-68.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors
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
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) 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
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
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 Foxton, P. 1961. Salpa fusiformis Cuvier and related species. Discovery Reports 32: 1-32 [details] Available for editors
additional source Franco, P.; Dahms, H.-U.; Lo, W.-T.; Hwang, J.-S. (2017). Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(15-16): 917-936., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180
page(s): 932 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Ihle, J.E.W. 1910. Die Thaliaceen (einschliesslich Pyrosomen) der Siboga Expedition. Monographies Siboga Expedition 56 (d): 1-55.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
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 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
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 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 Van Soest, R.W.M. (1972). Latitudinal variation in Atlantic <i>Salpa fusiformis</i> Cuvier, 1804 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 20 (262): 59-68.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
Present 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 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 (92 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications)
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 (92 records)
To ITIS
