Thetys vagina

Thetys vagina
Thetys vagina (Salpa vagina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Thaliacea
Order: Salpida
Family: Salpidae
Genus: Thetys
Tilesius, 1802
Species: T. vagina
Binomial name
Thetys vagina
Tilesius, 1802
Synonyms

Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804)

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Thetys vagina is the largest known species of salp and the only valid species of the genus Thetys. Individuals can reach up to 30 cm (12 in) long. It occurs in warm waters of all oceans, where it is widespread but at low density, and is occasionally found in colder waters in the northern Atlantic.[1][2] T. vagina feeds on marine plankton, including single-celled organisms such as dinoflagellates, silicoflagellates, diatoms, and tintinnids, as well as copepods.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Iguchi, N. (2006). "Horizontal distribution of Thetys vagina Tilesius (Tunicata, Thaliacea) in the Japan Sea during spring 2004". Journal of Plankton Research. 28 (6): 537–541. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbi138.
  2. Sims, David W. (1996). "A Rare Record of the Salp, Thetys vagina (Tunicata: Thaliacea) From Western Scottish Waters". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 76 (03): 833. doi:10.1017/S0025315400031519.


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