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Thalia rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Thalia rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Name authority
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Thaliacea
Order
Salpida
Family
Salpidae
Genus
Thalia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumTunicata
  5. classThaliacea Van der Hoeven, 1850
  6. orderSalpida Forbes, 1853
  7. familySalpidae Lahille, 1888
  8. subfamilySalpinae Lahille, 1888
  9. genusThalia Blumenbach, 1798
  10. speciesThalia rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Thalia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Thalia cicar van Soest, 1973SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Thalia rhinoceros van Soest, 1975SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thalia sibogae van Soest, 1973SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
salpThalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thalia longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thalia orientalis Tokioka, 1937SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 33 records assigned to Salpidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Thalia democratica intermedia Borgelt, 1968 Borgelt, 1968synonym
Salpa monotoma Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Quoy & Gaimard, 1834synonym
Salpa rhomboides Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Quoy & Gaimard, 1824synonym
Salpa pyramidalis sensu Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 misapplied

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266550 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:56222. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.