We have a running joke here that *any* big, weird, Unidentified Planktonic Object is salps
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
We have a running joke here that *any* big, weird, Unidentified Planktonic Object is salps
Aw lost a bet to myself, I was sure it would be salps
February 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Aw lost a bet to myself, I was sure it would be salps
i love salps and other creatures that barely look like creatures
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
i love salps and other creatures that barely look like creatures
🐿️omg pangolin snails, we've seen them before. they look like some kind of final fantasy enemy, it's wild. don't think we've seen the other ones, the brittle star is creepy but cool and the salps is so... semitransparent...
January 31, 2026 at 6:03 PM
🐿️omg pangolin snails, we've seen them before. they look like some kind of final fantasy enemy, it's wild. don't think we've seen the other ones, the brittle star is creepy but cool and the salps is so... semitransparent...
thats an extremely hard choice but if i were to give a top 5 it'd be brittle stars, pangolin snails, sacoglossans, the entirety of thesubmarine thermal vent ecosystem and salps
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 AM
thats an extremely hard choice but if i were to give a top 5 it'd be brittle stars, pangolin snails, sacoglossans, the entirety of thesubmarine thermal vent ecosystem and salps
Fun fact: some octopuses appear to ride atop jellyfish or inside salps. Its not clear exactly what theyre up to, but it may be for defence, transport, or a way to grab some lunch, eg from inside the jelly's stomach
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January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Fun fact: some octopuses appear to ride atop jellyfish or inside salps. Its not clear exactly what theyre up to, but it may be for defence, transport, or a way to grab some lunch, eg from inside the jelly's stomach
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
try salps, which are arguably more alien than starfish or insects yet we are closer to them than either
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 AM
try salps, which are arguably more alien than starfish or insects yet we are closer to them than either
“Mr Leatherback, what do you eat while out there in the ocean?”
“Jellyfish mostly, but sometimes tunicates and salps”
“Whats your favorite?”
“Medusa. The immortal jellyfish. They’re very rare but they taste the best right before they reverse their lifecycle”
“Jellyfish mostly, but sometimes tunicates and salps”
“Whats your favorite?”
“Medusa. The immortal jellyfish. They’re very rare but they taste the best right before they reverse their lifecycle”
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“Mr Leatherback, what do you eat while out there in the ocean?”
“Jellyfish mostly, but sometimes tunicates and salps”
“Whats your favorite?”
“Medusa. The immortal jellyfish. They’re very rare but they taste the best right before they reverse their lifecycle”
“Jellyfish mostly, but sometimes tunicates and salps”
“Whats your favorite?”
“Medusa. The immortal jellyfish. They’re very rare but they taste the best right before they reverse their lifecycle”
The red ones are not phytoplankton - they are salps. Salps also eat phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are photosynthetic. They “eat” carbon dioxide and sunlight.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The red ones are not phytoplankton - they are salps. Salps also eat phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are photosynthetic. They “eat” carbon dioxide and sunlight.
The red dots are the opaque parts of a larger translucent organism - salps. They are filter feeding gelatinous zooplankton.
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The red dots are the opaque parts of a larger translucent organism - salps. They are filter feeding gelatinous zooplankton.
We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🦐
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 AM
We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🦐
Today we dive down to see our first vertebrate species
Family Cephalochordata consiting of the Lancelets.
Family Tunicata consiting of the Sea Squirts, Pyrosomes & Salps
#SonicTheHedgehog #SonicOcs #Sonic_Elements_Species_Safari #AJTheElementalgod
Family Cephalochordata consiting of the Lancelets.
Family Tunicata consiting of the Sea Squirts, Pyrosomes & Salps
#SonicTheHedgehog #SonicOcs #Sonic_Elements_Species_Safari #AJTheElementalgod
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Today we dive down to see our first vertebrate species
Family Cephalochordata consiting of the Lancelets.
Family Tunicata consiting of the Sea Squirts, Pyrosomes & Salps
#SonicTheHedgehog #SonicOcs #Sonic_Elements_Species_Safari #AJTheElementalgod
Family Cephalochordata consiting of the Lancelets.
Family Tunicata consiting of the Sea Squirts, Pyrosomes & Salps
#SonicTheHedgehog #SonicOcs #Sonic_Elements_Species_Safari #AJTheElementalgod
Deep sea creatures like jellyfish, salps, etc fascinate me to no end. They’re like this raw expression of the kind of organized complexity that led to us, but they're also brutally logically simple. Fleshy robots that know only how to breed and consume.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Deep sea creatures like jellyfish, salps, etc fascinate me to no end. They’re like this raw expression of the kind of organized complexity that led to us, but they're also brutally logically simple. Fleshy robots that know only how to breed and consume.
Sea squirts & squid!
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Sea squirts & squid!
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
ROV pilots filmed these salps and spectacular squid during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @oceancensus.bsky.social in early 2025. Salps, also known as sea squirts, are ubiquitous throughout the Ocean, and abundant in the Southern Ocean.
Love these. Harmless to humans. Found just one today. “Salps,” a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate that moves by jet propulsion, pumping water through its translucent gelatinous body.
In the phylum Chordata. Does that mean it has a spinal cord? This blob has a spinal cord?
In the phylum Chordata. Does that mean it has a spinal cord? This blob has a spinal cord?
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Love these. Harmless to humans. Found just one today. “Salps,” a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate that moves by jet propulsion, pumping water through its translucent gelatinous body.
In the phylum Chordata. Does that mean it has a spinal cord? This blob has a spinal cord?
In the phylum Chordata. Does that mean it has a spinal cord? This blob has a spinal cord?
Phronima is a type of amphipod crustacean that eats the inside of salps and uses their outer structure for protection. Females, like this one from the Gulf of California, keep their young inside the barrel. These were the motivation for the movie #alien. We returned them to the ocean. #zooplankton 🌊
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Phronima is a type of amphipod crustacean that eats the inside of salps and uses their outer structure for protection. Females, like this one from the Gulf of California, keep their young inside the barrel. These were the motivation for the movie #alien. We returned them to the ocean. #zooplankton 🌊
To avoid turning into midnight munchies, small fish, often no bigger than pocket change, employ a frequently observed and clever strategy:
swimming inside a salp, a type of barrel-shaped, gelatinous marine animal.
Though salps don’t conceal the hitchhikers, their thin membranes can be enough to […]
swimming inside a salp, a type of barrel-shaped, gelatinous marine animal.
Though salps don’t conceal the hitchhikers, their thin membranes can be enough to […]
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December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To avoid turning into midnight munchies, small fish, often no bigger than pocket change, employ a frequently observed and clever strategy:
swimming inside a salp, a type of barrel-shaped, gelatinous marine animal.
Though salps don’t conceal the hitchhikers, their thin membranes can be enough to […]
swimming inside a salp, a type of barrel-shaped, gelatinous marine animal.
Though salps don’t conceal the hitchhikers, their thin membranes can be enough to […]
A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Of all the weird and wonderful critters in our mysterious ocean, gelatinous salps and their miraculously camouflaged hitchhikers are definitely some of my new favorites after writing this @biographic.bsky.social spotlight!
Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Of all the weird and wonderful critters in our mysterious ocean, gelatinous salps and their miraculously camouflaged hitchhikers are definitely some of my new favorites after writing this @biographic.bsky.social spotlight!
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
www.biographic.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
Hourly measurements from gliders show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought.
bios.asu.edu/currents/new...
bios.asu.edu/currents/new...
New Study Using Ocean Gliders Uncovers Clues About Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea | BIOS
Hourly measurements show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought
bios.asu.edu
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hourly measurements from gliders show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought.
bios.asu.edu/currents/new...
bios.asu.edu/currents/new...
🔔🎄🌊 Silver bells! silver bells. It’s Christmas time in the deep sea! 🎶
This bell-shaped cluster is made up of gelatinous organisms called salps.
📲 Learn more about the gifts that salps and other ocean animals give our planet every day: twilightzone.whoi.edu/explore-the-otz/climate
This bell-shaped cluster is made up of gelatinous organisms called salps.
📲 Learn more about the gifts that salps and other ocean animals give our planet every day: twilightzone.whoi.edu/explore-the-otz/climate
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🔔🎄🌊 Silver bells! silver bells. It’s Christmas time in the deep sea! 🎶
This bell-shaped cluster is made up of gelatinous organisms called salps.
📲 Learn more about the gifts that salps and other ocean animals give our planet every day: twilightzone.whoi.edu/explore-the-otz/climate
This bell-shaped cluster is made up of gelatinous organisms called salps.
📲 Learn more about the gifts that salps and other ocean animals give our planet every day: twilightzone.whoi.edu/explore-the-otz/climate
Gelatinous invertebrates can't catch a break around the octopuses in Argonautoidea.
Argonauts and football octopuses hitchhike on salps and jellyfish.
Meanwhile seven-armed and blanket octopuses steal jellyfish stingers to use for self-defense.
I'd stay away from them if I were a jellyfish.
Argonauts and football octopuses hitchhike on salps and jellyfish.
Meanwhile seven-armed and blanket octopuses steal jellyfish stingers to use for self-defense.
I'd stay away from them if I were a jellyfish.
December 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Gelatinous invertebrates can't catch a break around the octopuses in Argonautoidea.
Argonauts and football octopuses hitchhike on salps and jellyfish.
Meanwhile seven-armed and blanket octopuses steal jellyfish stingers to use for self-defense.
I'd stay away from them if I were a jellyfish.
Argonauts and football octopuses hitchhike on salps and jellyfish.
Meanwhile seven-armed and blanket octopuses steal jellyfish stingers to use for self-defense.
I'd stay away from them if I were a jellyfish.