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Giant Salp

Pyrostremma spinosum

Seabook: Giant Salp

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Max Weight

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

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Habitat and Environment

Open water