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Soestia | |
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Soestia zonaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Thaliacea |
Order: | Salpida |
Family: | Salpidae |
Genus: | Soestia Kott, 1998 |
Species: | S. zonaria
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Binomial name | |
Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)
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Soestia is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus was described by Patricia Kott in 1998.[1][2] The only species is Soestia zonaria,[1] which was first described in 1774 by Peter Simon Pallas as Holothurium zonarium.[3][4]
The species has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]