Soestia

Monotypic genus of tunicates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Soestia is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus was described by Patricia Kott in 1998.[1][2] The only species is Soestia zonaria,[1] which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.[3][4]

Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Tunicata
Class:Thaliacea
Order:Salpida
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Soestia
Soestia zonaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Thaliacea
Order: Salpida
Family: Salpidae
Genus: Soestia
Kott, 1998
Species:
S. zonaria
Binomial name
Soestia zonaria
(Pallas, 1774)
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The species has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

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