Salpa aspera
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Genus: Salpa
Distribution and habitat
Widely distributed across all three oceans, from 45°N to 45°S, with
confirmed records from off the east coast of southern Africa and from far
out to sea (< 10°E) off the west coast (van Soest 1974).
Ecological interactions
- Symbiotic association with
- Crustacea > Amphipoda
- Vibilia propinqua. Record from California by
Gasca et al. (2007).
Publications
- Gasca RG, Suárez-Morales E, Haddock SHD. 2007. Symbiotic
associations between crustaceans and gelatinous zooplankton in
deep and surface waters off California. Marine Biology 151:
233–242. DOI 10.1007/s00227-006-0478-y
- Madin LP, Kremer P, Wiebe PH, Purcell JE, Horgan EH, Nemazie
DA. 2006. Periodic swarms of the salp Salpa aspera in the
Slope Water off the NE United States: Biovolume, vertical
migration, grazing, and vertical flux. Deep-Sea Research I 53:
804-819.
- van Soest RWM. 1974. A revision of the genera Salpa
Forskĺl, 1775, Pegea Savigny, 1816, and Ritteriella
Metcalf, 1919 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Beaufortia 22(293):
153-191.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
