Tunicate Photos

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Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37166  
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean, Phacellophora camtschatica, San Diego, California
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26817  
Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents, San Diego, California
Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27012  
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37164  
Robust sea squirt, Atriolum robustum, a type of tunicate, Fiji, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Robust sea squirt, Atriolum robustum, a type of tunicate, Fiji.
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31565  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26819  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26823  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01263  
Salp chain and diver, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp chain and diver, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05343  
Salp chain and diver, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp chain and diver, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05345  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) chain, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) chain.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02495  
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26818  
Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26820  
Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Pelagic tunicate reproduction, large single salp produces a chain of smaller salps as it reproduces while adrift on the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26821  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26822  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26824  
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37163  
Robust sea squirt, Atriolum robustum, a type of tunicate, Fiji, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Robust sea squirt, Atriolum robustum, a type of tunicate, Fiji.
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31773  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26825  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26826  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26827  
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26828  
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean, Phacellophora camtschatica, San Diego, California
Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26829  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26830  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26831  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26832  
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37165  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26833  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26834  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26835  
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