by A salp (plural salps, also known colloquially as “sea censored”) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae.
It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body, one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom.
The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.
The most abundant concentrations of salps are in the Southern Ocean (near Antarctica), where they sometimes form enormous swarms, often in deep water, and are sometimes even more abundant than krill.
Small fish swim inside salps as protection from predators
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It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body, one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom.
The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.
The most abundant concentrations of salps are in the Southern Ocean (near Antarctica), where they sometimes form enormous swarms, often in deep water, and are sometimes even more abundant than krill.
Small fish swim inside salps as protection from predators
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