We were very excited to see this doliolid in the water column. Doliolids are a type of tunicate, related to salps and sea squirts.
Doliolid
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (jpg, 946 KB).

We were very excited to see this doliolid in the water column. Doliolids are a type of tunicate, related to salps and sea squirts. The "tail" trailing behind it is actually a series of clones – doliolids can reproduce through both sexual and asexual reproduction.

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