Salps are gender-fluid, translucent jelly-beans which band together to form long chains, travelling the oceans in a gelatinous tunic!
The world’s largest salp is called the Twin-sailed Salp and the biggest specimen was found off the coast of New Zealand during a NIWA expedition. It is also called the Super Pooper because it’s nutritious poop feeds life on the seafloor.
Twin-sailed Salp Photo: CC BY-NC Stefanie
