Soestia
| Soestia | |
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| Soestia zonaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Thaliacea |
| Order: | Salpida |
| Family: | Salpidae |
| Genus: | Soestia Kott, 1998 |
| Species: | S. zonaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)
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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.[1][2] The only species is Soestia zonaria,[1] which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.[3][4]
The species has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Soestia Kott, 1998". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Kott, P. 1998. Tunicata. 51-259, 259–261 (App. I–111), 265–292 (Index) in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia 298 pp.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ Pallas, P. S. (1774). "Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas". Fasciculus (in Latin). 10: 1–41.