Photo of the Week

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Salps are a colony of tunicates and are actually more closely related to humans than shrimp are!

April 27, 2015
These salps are actually a colony of tunicates which are surprisingly more closely related to humans than shrimp are!

Photo: Julia West

These salp were caught in a neuston sample and photographed by TAS 2015 Julia West. "Salps are a colony of tunicates (invertebrate chordates for you biology students – more closely related to humans than shrimp are!)" - Julia West
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