salpian|ˈsælpɪən| [f. Salpa2 + -ian.] An individual of the genus Salpa; a salp. 1851Woodward Mollusca 49 The salpians produce long chains of embryos.1854A. Adams Man.Nat.Hist. 164 Others among them [sc. the Tunicaries] are free and pelagian, as the Salpians and Pyrosomes.