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Sea squirts

Salps

Salpidae

Also known as: Pelagic Tunicate, Planktonic Tunicate, Salp, Sea Gooseberry, Sea Jelly, Thaliacea

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@marcoind · Cubadak Paradiso Village, West sumatra, Indonesia · November 20121 / 4
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Overview

Found singly or in chains, these may be as long as 5 meters!
Equatorial

Sometimes reaching 5 meters in length, in the Southern Ocean they can be found in enormous swarms.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
linesspots
Body shape
jelly

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found singly or in chains, these may be as long as 5 meters!

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classThaliacea
    4. orderSalpida
    5. familySalpidae

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    More in the family

    Salpida

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