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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassThaliacea
- OrderSalpida
- FamilySalpidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Soestia zonaria échoué vue latérale 01.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- taxon name
- Soestia
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
1 sectionsContents
- References
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.
Connections
Ascidiacea
Entity
Salpidae
Entity
Animalia
Entity
Chordata
Entity
Wikidata
Entity
binomial nomenclature
Entity
taxonomy
Entity
Wikispecies
Entity
Cambrian
Entity
Tunicata
Entity
Bilateria
Entity
Peter Simon Pallas
Entity
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Entity
paraphyly
Entity
Ediacaran
Entity
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Entity
cosmopolitan distribution
Entity
Appendicularia
Entity
monotypic taxon
Entity
iNaturalist
Entity