Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Salpida > Family Salpidae > Subfamily Cyclosalpinae > Genus Helicosalpa

Helicosalpa virgula (Vogt, 1854)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Salpa Forskål, 1775

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helicosalpa*	Todaro, 1902	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ネジレサルパ

Literature

basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1974). Taxonomy of the subfamily Cyclosalpinae Yount, (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of two new species. Beaufortia. 22: 288-317.
additional source	Badreddine, A.; Fatfat, S.; Aguilar, R. (2025). Unveiling Hidden Drifters: New Records of Colonial Pelagic Tunicates in Lebanese Waters and the Levantine Sea. ISRG Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. II (I): 34-39.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 355-356
additional source	Ringvold (Hr), H.; Hatlevik (Ah), A.; Hevrøy (Jh), J.; Hughes (Mh), M.; Aukan (Na), N. (2020). Encounters with the rare genus Helicosalpa (Chordata, Thaliacea, Salpida), using citizen science data. Marine Biology Research. 1-11.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Helicosalpa virgula (Vogt, 1854). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137262