Salps. Two salps in the Indian Ocean. Salps are a type of free-swimming tunicate,a chordate marine animal,that feed on phytoplankton,which they siphon from the water. They move by contracting their gelatinous barrel-shaped bodies. This pumps water through the internal feeding filters (green),which strain phytoplankton from the water. Photographed off the coast of Reunion Island,Indian Ocean | |
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