General Description

Usually seen as a colony of smaller individuals (zooids) that is very long and shaped like a hollow cylinder, closed at one end. Each zooid is enclosed in a pointed test and lined up in parallel rows in the colony. Colony is opaque and colourless, pale yellow, pinkish or pinkish brown. Colony walls about 2 cm thick. Colony up to 60 cm long.

Biology

Salps feed by filtering water through their body to catch a meal of tiny plankton.

Habitat

Open water, near surface to depth of 500 m.

Open water

Distribution guide

Worldwide.

Species Group

Jellyfishes and allies › Salps

Depth

Shallow (1-30 m)
Deep ( > 30 m)

Water Column

Surface Midwater

Max Size

60 cm

Diet

Plankton or Particles

Harmful

Not known to be dangerous to humans.

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Recorded in Australia

Identify

• Jellyfish and allies

Conservation Status

• DSE Advisory List : Not listed
• EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
• IUCN Red List : Not listed