Giant Salp

Pyrostremma spinosum

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

40 m

Description

Description Forms tubular colonies that can exceed 20 m in length. The open side of the tube is the posterior end (the common cloaca) and in a 10.2 m long colony, was measured at 1.2. m in diameter. It often has a very long tail projecting from the rim of the opening that can be as long as the colony. The colony tapers t... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Maldives Indo-Pacific New Zealand South Africa Chagos Islands +2 more in Seabook

Colors

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red

Social Behaviour

Group

Habitat and Environment

Open water