Soestia Explained

Soestia is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus was described by Patricia Kott in 1998.[1] The only species is Soestia zonaria,[2] which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.[3] [4]

The species has cosmopolitan distribution.

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: Soestia Kott, 1998 . www.gbif.org . 4 November 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774) . 2024-07-06 . www.marinespecies.org.
  4. Pallas, P. S. . 1774. Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus . 10. 1–41. la.

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