Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Salpida > Family Salpidae > Subfamily Salpinae

Thalia Blumenbach, 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Thalia cicar van Soest, 1973
Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)
Thalia orientalis Tokioka, 1937

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Alligator-flag sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Japanese: ヒメサルパ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Талия

Literature

original description	Blumenbach, J.F. 1798. Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände 30. Göttingen, Germany.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1973). The genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798 (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia. 20: 271-193.
basis of record	Kott, P. (1998). Tunicata. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 34: pp.51-252, 259-261 (App. 1-3), 265-292 (Index).
additional source	Goodall-Copestake, W. P. (2014). Morphological and molecular characterization of salps (Thalia spp.) from the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Journal of Plankton Research. 36(3): 883-888.
additional source	Daponte, M.C.; Castro, R.J.; Esnal, G.B. (1996). An evaluation of the systematics of the genus Thalia (Thaliacea, Salpidae) based on new material from the EASTROPAC and MORO expedttions. Contributions to Zoology. 66(3): 185-191.
additional source	Melville, R.V. (1969). Salpa Forskal, 1775 (Tunicata): Validated under the Plenary Powers with designation of a type species for Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 26 (3):136-138.
additional source	van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 355-356

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137236