salp
Translucent ocean drifter
A salp is a barrel-shaped, transparent marine animal that moves by pumping water through its gelatinous body.
Salps drift in open oceans, sometimes forming long chains of connected individuals.
Though they resemble jellyfish, salps are more closely related to vertebrates—they have a primitive notochord in their larval stage.
The divers swam through clouds of salps.
Viscous and semisolid
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- barrel-shapedCylindrical with curved sides
- tubularHaving cylinder form
- transparentAllowing light through
bioluminescent · siphons · test · tunic · contractile
Of the open sea
- oceanicOf the sea
- zooplanktonDrifting aquatic microorganisms
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- mesopelagicMid-depth ocean layer
currents · gyre · upwelling · subtropical · temperate · Antarctic · Southern Ocean · midwater
Coated marine invertebrate
- chordateNotochord-possessing animal
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- sea-squirtFilter-feeding marine invertebrate
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
colonial · aggregate · solitary · notochord · pharyngeal · siphon
Photosynthetic aquatic drifters
- grazerHerbivore eating low vegetation
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- swarmMass of moving insects
krill · turtles · trophic · detritus · sequestration
gelatinous
Viscous and semisolid
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- barrel-shapedCylindrical with curved sides
- tubularHaving cylinder form
transparent · bioluminescent · siphons · test · tunic · contractile
pelagic
Of the open sea
- oceanicOf the sea
- zooplanktonDrifting aquatic microorganisms
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
mesopelagic · currents · gyre · upwelling · subtropical · temperate · Antarctic · Southern Ocean · midwater
tunicate
Coated marine invertebrate
- chordateNotochord-possessing animal
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- sea-squirtFilter-feeding marine invertebrate
filter-feeder · colonial · aggregate · solitary · notochord · pharyngeal · siphon
phytoplankton
Photosynthetic aquatic drifters
- grazerHerbivore eating low vegetation
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
swarm · krill · turtles · trophic · detritus · sequestration
salpjellyfish
Drifting marine stinger
ctenophore · comb jelly · cnidarian · sea nettle · moon jelly
salpsea squirt
Barrel-shaped marine invertebrate
coral · barnacle · sea anemone · sponge