Soestia
Sign in to saveSoestia is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus was described by Patricia Kott in 1998. The only species is Soestia zonaria, which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Soestia is referenced by 181 other articles, and connects out to Ascidiacea, Salpidae and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Monotypic tunicate genera, Salpidae and Taxa described in 1774.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassThaliacea
- OrderSalpida
- FamilySalpidae
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Soestia is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus was described by Patricia Kott in 1998. The only species is Soestia zonaria, which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.
The species has cosmopolitan distribution.
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