Deep-Sea taxon details
Thalia Blumenbach, 1798
137236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137236)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [details] Available for editors 
Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) (based on...
Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) (based on Blumenbach's image showing a salp with a an uncoiled gut, a character of the subfamily Cyclosalpinae) 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. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137236 on 2026-10-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137236 on 2026-10-10
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Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany. [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]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06603002
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
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
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 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 Waal, J.P. (1966). <i>Salpa</i> Edwards, 1771 (Pisces): Proposed suppression under the plenary powers in favour of <i>Salpa</i> Forskål, 1775 together with the designation of a type-species for <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea): Z.N. (S) 1651. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 23 (5): 232-234.
page(s): 232 [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]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06603002
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
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
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 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 Waal, J.P. (1966). <i>Salpa</i> Edwards, 1771 (Pisces): Proposed suppression under the plenary powers in favour of <i>Salpa</i> Forskål, 1775 together with the designation of a type-species for <i>Thalia</i> Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea): Z.N. (S) 1651. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 23 (5): 232-234.
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy The genus name Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 was first used for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 (now Cyclosalpa pinnata) (based on Blumenbach's image showing a salp with a an uncoiled gut, a character of the subfamily Cyclosalpinae) 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]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalia)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalia)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
