Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean. San Diego, California, USA
Stock Photo: 26821 Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis Location: San Diego, California, USA Format: Digital 3:2 Other Names: salp chain, pelagic tunicate Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: animal, animalia, california, chordata, creature, cyclosalpa, cyclosalpa affinis, invertebrate, jellyfish, marine, marine invertebrate, nature, notochord, ocean, oceans, outdoors, outside, pacific, pacific, pelagic tunicate, plankton, planktonic, reproduction mating, salp, salp chain, salpida, salpidae, san diego, submarine, thalicea, thalicea, tunicate, tunicates, underwater, urochordata, usa, wildlife, zooplankton |