Salpa Forskål 1775

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Voyage autour du monde :.Paris :Arthus Bertrand,1825-1830 [i.e. 1838].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768376

Voyage autour du monde :.Paris :Arthus Bertrand,1825-1830 [i.e. 1838].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768378

This is the cloned, sexual phase of a pelagic tunicate. The individuals, each a sequential hermaphrodite, lie in a double chain oriented back to back. Eventually the chain will break apart and each individual will sexually produce an asexual solitary salp. Inconceivably large numbers of aggregate salps can cover hundreds of square miles of ocean.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Salpa

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.