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    A salp (plural salps, also known colloquially as “sea grape”) 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; it is one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom. The … See more

    Salps are common in equatorial, temperate, and cold seas, where they can be seen at the surface, singly or in long, stringy See more

    Salps have a complex life cycle, with an obligatory alternation of generations. Both portions of the life cycle exist together in the seas—they look … See more

    A reason for the success of salps is how they respond to phytoplankton blooms. When food is plentiful, salps can quickly bud off See more

    The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera and species in the order Salpida:
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    The incursion of a large number of salps (Salpa fusiformis) into the North Sea in 1920 led to a failure of the Scottish herring fishery. See more

    Salps are closely related to the pelagic tunicate groups Doliolida and Pyrosoma, as well as to other bottom-living (benthic) tunicates See more

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  3. WEBSalps are semi-transparent barrel-shaped marine animals that move through the water by contracting bands of muscles which ring the body (the body is referred to as a test). When found washed up on shores they are …

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    WEBLearn about salps, transparent tubular animals that live in the open ocean and eat algae cells. Discover how they reproduce, swim, and survive in different parts of the world.

  7. Salp | Deep-Sea, Filter-Feeding, Plankton | Britannica

    WEBSalps are small, gelatinous invertebrates of the order Salpida, found in warm seas, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. They have transparent barrel-shaped bodies, muscle bands, and can expel jets of water for …

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  9. Salpidae Lahille, 1888 - World Register of Marine Species