Thetys vagina
| Thetys vagina | |
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| 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 | |
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Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | |
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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 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.
- ↑ 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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