What is another word for thaliacea?
Pronunciation: [θˌe͡ɪlɪˈe͡ɪsi͡ə] (IPA) 
Thaliacea refers to a class of marine animals that includes salps, pyrosomes and doliolids that are found in open ocean waters. Some synonyms for the word Thaliacea are the pyrosome, salp, tunicate, and the sea squirt. Pyrosomes are cylindrical shaped creatures that colony together and are known to produce light. Salps are barrel-shaped and tend to move slowly in the water. Tunicate is a reference to the animal's thick, rubbery outer layer or tunic that surrounds the animal's body. The term sea squirt is used to refer to the habit of the animal to squirt water from its body. All these terms describe members of Thaliacea in different ways.
