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Salpa (tunicate)

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Salpa is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae.[1][2]

Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Tunicata
Class:Thaliacea
Order:Salpida
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Salpa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Thaliacea
Order: Salpida
Family: Salpidae
Subfamily: Salpinae
Genus: Salpa
Forskål, 1775
Type species[1]
Salpa maxima
Forskål, 1775
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The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species

The genus Salpa includes the following species:[1][2]

  • Salpa amphoraeformis Lesson, 1832
  • Salpa antarctica Meyen, 1832
  • Salpa antheliphora Péron & Lesueur, 1807
  • Salpa aspera Chamisso, 1819
  • Salpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804
  • Salpa maxima Forskål, 1775
  • Salpa thompsoni Foxton, 1961
  • Salpa tuberculata Metcalf, 1918
  • Salpa younti van Soest, 1973

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