Salp colony (Pegea confoederata). Salps are tubular shaped gelatinous marine animals. Multiple individuals join together to form long colonies that fe

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Salp colony (Pegea confoederata). Salps are tubular shaped gelatinous marine animals. Multiple individuals join together to form long colonies that feed on phytoplankton. Photographed in the western Pacific Ocean, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Photo credit: © ALEXANDER SEMENOV/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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