noun
- a barrel-shaped marine animal that swims by jet propulsion and feeds by filtering plankton from seawater
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The salpa moved through the water by contracting its transparent body.
- Marine biologists studied the salpa’s unique feeding mechanism.
- Swarms of salpa can be found in warm ocean waters.
- The salpa is related to sea squirts and other tunicates.
- Researchers observed how the salpa filters microscopic organisms from seawater.