Deep-Sea taxon details
Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
137281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137281)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
Garic, R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2026). World List of Thaliacea. Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802. 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=137281 on 2026-08-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137281 on 2026-08-09
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Tilesius, W.G. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. <em>Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig.</em> 1: 150-165. [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
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
additional source Okutani, T. ; Osuga, K. (1986). A Peculiar Nesting Behavior of Ocythoe tuberculata in the Test of a Gigantic Salp, Tethys vagina*. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(1): 67-69. [details] Available for editors
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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 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
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
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
additional source Okutani, T. ; Osuga, K. (1986). A Peculiar Nesting Behavior of Ocythoe tuberculata in the Test of a Gigantic Salp, Tethys vagina*. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(1): 67-69. [details] Available for editors
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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | schedesalp | [details] |
| English | Vagina salpthetys salp | [details] |
| Italian | salpa maggiore | [details] |
| Japanese | オオサルパ | [details] |
| Russian | Тетис вагина | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thetys vagina)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 038665)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thetys vagina)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 038665)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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