Thetys vagina, that is. A salp, or pelagic tunicate, in the class Thaliacea,
T. vagina is a free-floating filter-feeder widely found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. Like other salps,
T. vagina exists in two forms: an asexual solitary form (the oozooid), which buds into the sexual, ropelike, colonial form (the blastozoids). Feeding on plankton ingested through its oral siphon,
T. vagina generally grows to 23+ cm in total length.
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu.nyud.net:8090/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0305/0401.jpegT. vagina, solitary phase
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