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Animal realm > Chordates > Tunicates > Ascidians, Sea squirts > Salp

Salp

Scientific name : Thalia democratica


Animal belonging to

plankton. Lives in colonies made up with 2 cm long

zooids, the colony can reach few meters lenght. Transparent colour, the only opaque part is the gut. In all warm and temperate seas. Many salp and pyrosomes species.
Long salp colonies could be at the origin of sea snakes sightings.


Habitat: Open sea

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