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Family: Salpidae



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Brooksia berneri
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Brooksia rostrata
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Cyclosalpa affinis
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Cyclosalpa bakeri
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Cyclosalpa floridana
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Cyclosalpa foxtoni
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Cyclosalpa ihlei
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Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
 
Cyclosalpa pinnata
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Cyclosalpa polae
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Cyclosalpa quadriluminis
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Cyclosalpa sewelli
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Cyclosalpa strongylenteron
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Helicosalpa komaii
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Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Helicosalpa virgula
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Helicosalpa younti
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Atim Lau@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Northwest Atlantic, Antar

Iasis cylindrica(Cuvier, 1804)

Photo by Atim Lau@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project
 
Iasis cylindrica
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Ihlea magalhanica
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Max. Length 2.3 cm TL
 
Ihlea punctata
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Ihlea racovitzai
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Dubosc, Jeff

Indo-Pacific.

Metcalfina hexagona(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Photo by Dubosc, Jeff
 
Metcalfina hexagona
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Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Pegea bicaudata
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic, the Mediterrane
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Pegea confoederata(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Pegea confoederata
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Ritteriella amboinensis
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Ritteriella picteti
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Ritteriella retracta
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Salpa aspera
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Max. Length 5.2 cm TL
 
Salpa fusiformis
[Common salp]
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Salpa gerlachei
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OCEANA

Northern Atlantic, the Me
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Salpa maximaForsskål, 1775

Photo by OCEANA
 
Salpa maxima
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Stukel, Michael

Southern Hemisphere.
Max. Length 4.2 cm TL
Salpa thompsoniFoxton, 1961

Photo by Stukel, Michael
 
Salpa thompsoni
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Salpa tuberculata
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Salpa younti
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Soestia cylindrica
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic, the Mediterrane

Soestia zonaria(Pallas, 1774)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Soestia zonaria
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Thalia cicar
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Max. Length 1.8 cm TL
 
Thalia democratica
[Salp]
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Thalia longicauda
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Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Thalia orientalis
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Thalia rhinoceros
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Thalia rhomboides
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Thalia sibogae
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Stukel, Michael

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Thetys vaginaTilesius, 1802

Photo by Stukel, Michael
 
Thetys vagina
[Virgin salpa]
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Traustedtia multitentaculata
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Weelia cylindrica
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