We use cookies to improve your experience, some are essential for the operation of this site.

Salpa aspera

Salpa aspera
Salpa aspera
Salpa aspera
Salpa aspera
Comments (0)
525162
Madin, Laurence P.
Salpa aspera
Still Image
09/21/2002
salpDSCN5154_C.jpg
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 45, No. 2, Pg. 12:
These transparent, 2-inch salps (Salpa aspera) can multiply into billions, covering thousands of square miles of ocean and swimming daily from the surface to depths of 2,400 feet (800 meters). They filter carbon containing phytoplankton from the water and produce sinking fecal pellets that transport tons of carbon to the deep sea. The orange dot is the salp’s gut, and the white coil is its chain of asexually produced offspring.
Photo by Larry Madin
Copyright © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Labels
This item includes these files
Image
Image
Collections