Giant Pyrosome and Salps pelagic sea squirts
Pyrosomes and salps are pelagic (freeswimming) tunicates or sea squirts. All species are open ocean animals that rarely come close to shore, and all are colonial, although many salps can also be solitary. Pyrosomes are colonies of tiny animals that form hollow tubes sealed at one end the species in the first part of the video is giant pyrosome Pyrostremma spinosum it can reach 30m in length Salps have much larger individuals than pyrosomes, individuals pump water through themselves. Colonies ar
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