Salpas
Not to be confused with jellyfish, salpas are transparent, free-floating tunicates. Their gelatinous bodies swim by contracting and pumping water through internal feeding filters, feasting while they move.
They can be found anywhere, but they are probably most common in the Southern Ocean, where they sometimes form enormous transparent swarms.
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For the past three days, we have been SCUBA diving through huge swarms of Salpas. I have taken many digital UW photos of these swarms. It has been like swimming through a bowl of Jello. This has been a truly magical experience, especially for my beginning dive students.
This salpa totally looks like a human scuba diver.
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