Salps are free-swimming tunicates.
Cyclosalpa AffinsCyclosalpa affinis
(1-4: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Cyclosalpa BakeriCyclosalpa bakeri
(1: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
DoliodDolioletta gegenbauri
(1: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
Pelagic TunicateThetys vagina
(1-2,5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3-4: Lovers Point, Monterey)
These range in size from less than an inch to longer than my hand. They can occur in strings or by themselves.
PyrosomePyrosoma atlanticum
(1: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea / 2-6: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
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