genus salpa

English Thesaurus

1. type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	chordate genus,
definition	:	any genus in the phylum Chordata (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	salp, salpa,
definition	:	minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family salpidae, salpidae,
definition	:	a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea (noun.animal)