Salpida
Salp
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2026-08-05: itis_id 159643 via WoRMS external link
A salp or salpa is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. The salp moves by contracting its gelatinous body in order to pump water through it; it is one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom.W CalCOFI holds 2,684 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2026.R
- 2,684
- observations
- 5,155
- records
- 1,882
- sampling events
- 1951–2026
- years
- 2
- datasets
Observed in 2 datasetsi
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Salpida salps · code
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name used: Salpida SALPIDA · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:137214")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:137214'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Lineage 5 ranks · Biota to Thaliacea
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · severine Martini · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Salpidae · source
- Photo · Sarah Milicich · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Salp” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363799889
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗