Salp releasing chain of sexual form of the species

A solitary (asexual) form of the salp Salpa thompsoni in the process of releasing a chain of the sexual form of the species. Salps have a unique life history in which solitary asexual organisms give birth to long colonies comprised of distinctly different organisms, with the organisms in ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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