Description
Also known as Pelagic Tunicate, Salp, Salp Tunicate, Sea Jelly, Thaliacea, Twin-sailed Salp, Virgin Tunicate, Zooids.
Found singly or in chains, over oceanic waters.
They feed on phytoplankton.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 0-150m
Widespread Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, East Pacific, Indo-Pacific
Thetys continuously pumps water through a mucous net to extract phytoplankton and other small particles. Ref: https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Thetys-vagina.html
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