Definition of Thaliacea. Meaning of Thaliacea. Synonyms of Thaliacea

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Definition of Thaliacea

Thaliacea
Thaliacea Tha`li*a"ce*a, n. pl. [NL. See Thalia.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
Thaliacea
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).

Meaning of Thaliacea from wikipedia

- Thaliacea is a class of marine chordates within the subphylum Tunicata, comprising the salps, pyrosomes and doliolids. Unlike their benthic relatives...
- usually in shallow water with salinities over 2.5%. While members of the Thaliacea (salps, doliolids and pyrosomes) and Appendicularia (larvaceans) swim...
- (larvaceans) Ascidiacea (sea squirts, paraphyletic with respect to Thaliacea) Thaliacea (salps, pyrosomes, and doliolids) Myxini (hagfish) Petromyzontida...
- classes: Ascidiacea (Aplousobranchia, Phlebobranchia, and Stolidobranchia) Thaliacea (Pyrosomida, Doliolida, and Salpida) Appendicularia (Copelata) Members...
- Pyrosoma is a genus of pyrosomes, marine colonial tunicates in the class Thaliacea. It contains four pelagic species found in temperate waters worldwide...
- The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes (209 US tons) for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft)...
- Bone, Q.; Trueman, E. R. (2009). "Jet propulsion in salps (Tunicata: Thaliacea)". Journal of Zoology. 201 (4): 481–506. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1983...
- (August 1996). "A Rare Record of the Salp, Thetys **** (Tunicata: Thaliacea) From Western Scottish Waters". Journal of the Marine Biological ****ociation...
- (Urochordata) – (tunicates; 3,000 species) class Ascidiacea (sea squirts) class Thaliacea (salps, doliolids and pyrosomes) class Appendicularia (larvaceans) Subphylum...
- 1835 (OED, "salp") Bone, Q. (1983). "Jet propulsion in salps (Tunicata: Thaliacea)". Journal of Zoology. 201 (4): 481–506. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1983...