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Sea squirts

Virgin Salp

Thetys vagina

Also known as: Pelagic Tunicate, Salp, Salp Tunicate, Sea Jelly, Thaliacea, Twin-sailed Salp, Virgin Tunicate, Zooids

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@tonyawilson · Gearhart By the Sea, United States · February 20131 / 4
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Overview

Found singly or in chains, over oceanic waters.
They feed on phytoplankton.
Widespread Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, East Pacific, Indo-Pacific

Thetys continuously pumps water through a mucous net to extract phytoplankton and other small particles.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Body shape
jellytentacles

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific, Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 3
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Found singly or in chains, over oceanic waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classThaliacea
    4. orderSalpida
    5. familySalpidae
    6. genusThetys
    7. speciesThetys vagina Tilesius, 1802

    SourcesWoRMSSeaLifeBase

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    More in the family

    Salpida

    Salps

    Salpidae

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