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Salpa younti van Soest, 1973

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
Salpa younti van Soest, 1973
Name authority
van Soest, 1973
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Thaliacea
Order
Salpida
Family
Salpidae
Genus
Salpa
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

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. genusSalpa Forskål, 1775
  10. speciesSalpa younti van Soest, 1973

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Salpa aspera Chamisso, 1819SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
common salpSalpa fusiformis Cuvier, 1804SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Giant salpSalpa maxima Forskål, 1775SalpidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 33 records assigned to Salpidae.

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. Van Soest, R. W. M. (1973). A new species in the genus Salpa Forskål, 1775 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Beaufortia, 21: 273–279. 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:6XF25. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.