Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents. San Diego, California, USA
Stock Photo: 26841 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, salp, salp chain, salpida, salpidae, san diego, submarine, thalicea, thalicea, tunicate, tunicates, underwater, urochordata, usa, wildlife, zooplankton |