Salpidae

Salpidae, Salpida takımına bağlı bir hayvan familyasıdır. Okyanuslarda ve Kızıl Denizde yaşayan bu canlılar genelde planktonlarla beslenirler.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salp  Salp Nedir

Taksonomi
Salpidae familyasına bağlı cinsler (2022):

 Cyclosalpa  	 
 Iasis  	 
 Ihlea - Metcalf, 1919 	 
 Pegea - Savigny, 1816 	 
 Salpa - Forskål, 1775 	 
 Thalia  	 
 Thetys - Tilesius, 1802 

 Dağılım ve habitat 
Genellikle tek başlarına yaşarlar. Ekvatoral ve ılıman denizlerde yüzeyde görülebilirler.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543194/Fisherman-plucks-bizarre-shrimp-like-creature-water-New-Zealand-thats-completely-through.html  Daily Mail

 Konuyla ilgili yayınlar 
Bone, Q. editor (1998) The Biology of Pelagic Tunicates. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 340 pp.

 Dış bağlantılar 
 Plankton Chronicles 
 Pelagic tunicates (including salps) overview
 Scientific expedition to study salps near Antarctica - many details, with interviews, photos, videos, graphs 
Sludge of slimy organisms coats beaches of New England Boston Globe 
 The salps on earthlife.net 
 The role of salps in the study of origin of the vertebrate brain
 Jellyfish-like Creatures May Play Major Role In Fate Of Carbon Dioxide In The Ocean , ScienceDaily.com
 "Ocean 'Gummy Bears' Fight Global Warming" , LiveScience.com
 How salps might help counteract global warming  BBC News
 Jelly blobs may hold key to climate change  ABC Radio, The World Today
 Salp Fact Sheet



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