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Salp
Family of marine animals in the subphylum Tunicata / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A salp (plural salps, also known colloquially as “sea grape”) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas[2]) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body; it is one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom.[3] The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.
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A chain of salps near the surface in the Red Sea | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Thaliacea |
Order: | Salpida |
Family: | Salpidae Lahille, 1888 |
Subfamilies, genera and species[1] | |
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Salp chain off Zanzibar
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Another salp chain off Oregon
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