Category:Salpa

Sal"pa, n.; pl. L. Salpæ, e. Salpas. Etym: [nl.: cf. L. salpa a kind Of stockfish.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic Tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in appendix.

Note: each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which lives Solitary, and produces, by budding from an internal organ, a series Of the other kind. These are united together, side by side, so as to Form a chain, or cluster, often of large size. Each of the Individuals composing the chain carries a single egg, which develops Into the solitary kind.