Salp
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A salp or salpa is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. The salp moves by contracting its gelatinous body in order to pump water through it; it is one of the most efficient exa
Salp
Circular ring cluster of pelagic salps off Aorangaia Island, New Zealand
Salp chain off Zanzibar
Another salp chain off Oregon
Thetys vagina
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Thetys vagina, or the twin-sailed salp, is the largest known solitary species of salp and the only valid species of the genus Thetys, which was first described by Wilhelm G. Tilesius in 1802. The spec
Salp
…1824 Thalia orientalis Tokioka, 1937 Thalia rhinoceros Van Soest, 1975 Thalia rhomboides Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Thalia sibogae Van Soest, 1973 Genus Thetys Tilesius, 1802 Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802 Genus Traustedtia Traustedtia multitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Genus Weelia Yount, 1954 Weelia cylindrica…
Sálpido vagina, Nosy Kalakajoro, Madagascar, 2025 09 14, DD 31
Exemplar in the Science Museum of Berlin
Sea Squirt
Microcosmus sabatieri 2 Roule, 1885