Thetys vagina
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Thetys vagina, or the twin-sailed salp, is the largest known solitary species of salp and the only valid species of the genus Thetys, which was first described by Wilhelm G. Tilesius in 1802. The spec
Sálpido vagina, Nosy Kalakajoro, Madagascar, 2025 09 14, DD 31
Exemplar in the Science Museum of Berlin
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Microcosmus sabatieri 2 Roule, 1885
Aurelia aurita
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Aurelia aurita is a species of true jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae and the type species of its genus, Aurelia. Before the 2020s, the species was considered cosmopolitan, but the taxon has since bee
Thetys vagina
…in water, which is helpful in avoiding predators. It has a very recent fossil range. Other animals often mistaken for T. vagina are Salpa fusiformis, Aurelia aurita, and Pegea confoederata. T. vagina DNA was sequenced as part of a larger project in 2014 where spiny lobster larvae were found attached to T. vagina…
Aurelia aurita Luc Viatour