en Thalia (tunicate)

Thalia
	Thalia democratica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Thaliacea
Order:	Salpida
Family:	Salpidae
Subfamily:	Salpinae
Genus:	Thalia; Blumenbach, 1798

Thalia is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae.^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species:^[1]

Thalia cicar van Soest, 1973
Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)
Thalia longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Thalia orientalis Tokioka, 1937
Thalia rhinoceros van Soest, 1975
Thalia rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Thalia sibogae van Soest, 1973

Sperm and egg interaction has been studied to discover if there are any shared features with other marine invertebrates. It was found that they are closely related to Ascidians and supports the idea that Ascidians gave rise to them. ^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Thalia Blumenbach, 1798". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Holland. (1988). Spermatogenesis in the salps Thalia democratica and Cyclosalpa affinis (Tunicata: Thaliacea): An electron microscopic study. Journal of Morphology (1931), 198(2), 189–204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051980206

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[GBIF-1] "Thalia Blumenbach, 1798". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[2] Holland. (1988). Spermatogenesis in the salps Thalia democratica and Cyclosalpa affinis (Tunicata: Thaliacea): An electron microscopic study. Journal of Morphology (1931), 198(2), 189–204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051980206

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