Salpidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as the salp family
thumb|244px| Circular ring cluster of pelagic salps off Aorangaia Island, New Zealand thumb|244px| thumb|244px|right| thumb|244px|right|Pegea confederata on a 1995 Postage stamps and postal history of Azerbaijan|stamp from Azerbaijan
Species
サルパ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassThaliacea
- OrderSalpida
- FamilySalpidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 527
- With media
- 218
- Family
- Salpidae
- Collections
- CAS, YPM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Philippines
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- Salpidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Salpidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Salpidae
- taxon common name
- salp
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Life cycle
- History
- Oceanographic importance
- Nervous systems and relationships to other animals
- Classification
- References
- External links
thumb|244px| Circular ring cluster of pelagic salps off Aorangaia Island, New Zealand thumb|244px| thumb|244px|right| thumb|244px|right|Pegea confederata on a 1995 Postage stamps and postal history of Azerbaijan|stamp from Azerbaijan
A salp (: salps) or salpa (: salpae or salpas) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. The salp moves by contracting its gelatinous body in order to pump water through it; it is one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom. The salp feeds on phytoplankton, which it collects by straining water through its internal feeding filters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salpidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.