Salp colony. Salps are tubular shaped gelatinous marine animals (barrel-shaped tunicates). Multiple individuals join together to form long colonies th

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Salp colony. Salps are tubular shaped gelatinous marine animals (barrel-shaped tunicates). Multiple individuals join together to form long colonies that feed on phytoplankton. Photographed in the Mediterranean Sea.

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