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salps N pl BIOL

salps

Salpen pl (Manteltiere)

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It is found in plankton of many species, as well as larger animals such as jellyfish, salps (floating tunicates), and comb jellies. en.wikipedia.org

That said, stomach content studies have revealed they feed mainly upon planktonic crustaceans, squid, and salps, as well as other fish. en.wikipedia.org

Adults likely feed on medusae, siphonophores, ctenophores, and salps, as well as some fishes, crustaceans, and molluscs. en.wikipedia.org

Within the plankton, holoplankton spend their entire life cycle as plankton (e.g. most algae, copepods, salps, and some jellyfish). en.wikipedia.org

But if the phytoplankton is too dense, the salps can clog and sink to the bottom. en.wikipedia.org

Salps appear to have a form preliminary to vertebrates, and are used as a starting point in models of how vertebrates evolved. en.wikipedia.org

Scallops and cardiids, siphonophores, tunicates (such as salps), and some jellyfish also employ jet propulsion. en.wikipedia.org

In the field of zoology, he conducted extensive studies on a variety of tunicates known as salps. en.wikipedia.org

Examples of holoplankton include some diatoms, radiolarians, some dinoflagellates, foraminifera, amphipods, krill, copepods, and salps. en.wikipedia.org

Salps are chordates, and as such are actually more closely related to humans than they are to cnidarians and comb jellies. en.wikipedia.org

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