Chained Salps are pelagic tunicates. They’re colonies of individuals, each with a nerve bundle visible through its transparent wall. This is only the second one I’ve seen here.
Chained Salp
Graham's Island
Life on the Big Island of Hawaii
Chained Salps are pelagic tunicates. They’re colonies of individuals, each with a nerve bundle visible through its transparent wall. This is only the second one I’ve seen here.
How fascinating and well spotted!
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They are odd creatures!
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That is so amazing Graham. What a wow of a find
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It’s just this weird little floating thing, but I was excited to see it!
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Wow that’s pretty unusual. They certainly stand out in the water.
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It’s unusual around here, but they do drift in to shore occasionally.
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