WoRMS taxon details
Thalia Blumenbach, 1798
137236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137236)
accepted
Genus
Salpa democratica Forskål, 1775 accepted as Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) (type by subsequent designation)
Dubreuillia Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salpa (Thalia) Blumenbach, 1798 · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
- Species Thalia cicar van Soest, 1973
- Species Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)
- Species Thalia longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Species Thalia orientalis Tokioka, 1937
- Species Thalia rhinoceros van Soest, 1975
- Species Thalia rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Species Thalia sibogae van Soest, 1973
- Species Thalia lingulata Blumenbach, 1798 accepted as Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) (junior synonym)
- Species Thalia mucronata (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [details]
Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) making...
Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) making Thalia technically a senior synonym of Salpa. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled under Plenary Powers that Salpa maxima is the type species of Salpa Forskål and Salpa democratica is the type species of Thalia (see: Melville, 1969 in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26 (3): 136-138). [details]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). World List of Thaliacea. Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137236 on 2024-09-08
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original description
Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [details]
original description (of Dubreuillia 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 (Thalia) Blumenbach, 1798) Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [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]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1973). The genus <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of two new species. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 20: 271-193. [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Daponte, M.C.; Castro, R.J.; Esnal, G.B. (1996). An evaluation of the systematics of the genus <i>Thalia</i> (Thaliacea, Salpidae) based on new material from the EASTROPAC and MORO expedttions. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 66(3): 185-191.
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Goodall-Copestake, W. P. (2014). Morphological and molecular characterization of salps (Thalia spp.) from the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 36(3): 883-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu013
page(s): 883 [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Dubreuillia 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 (Thalia) Blumenbach, 1798) Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [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]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1973). The genus <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of two new species. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 20: 271-193. [details] Available for editors
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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
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Daponte, M.C.; Castro, R.J.; Esnal, G.B. (1996). An evaluation of the systematics of the genus <i>Thalia</i> (Thaliacea, Salpidae) based on new material from the EASTROPAC and MORO expedttions. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 66(3): 185-191.
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Goodall-Copestake, W. P. (2014). Morphological and molecular characterization of salps (Thalia spp.) from the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 36(3): 883-888., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu013
page(s): 883 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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]
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Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) making Thalia technically a senior synonym of Salpa. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled under Plenary Powers that Salpa maxima is the type species of Salpa Forskål and Salpa democratica is the type species of Thalia (see: Melville, 1969 in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26 (3): 136-138). [details]