Sea salps are most commonly found in equatorial, temperate and cold seas, and the most abundant concentrations of the creatures are in the Antarctic Ocean, according to the Australian Museum.
Southern California paddleboarder Bill Clements was 3 miles offshore when he spotted something that looked more like a see-through floating spine than an actual animal.
Though Clements had no idea whether the creature would sting him, he said, he couldn't resist grabbing it out of a mixture of"blind curiosity and a lot of impulsivity." In this screenshot from a GoPro, a sea salp is pictured off the coast of Dana Point in Southern California on Jan. 31, 2023. They may look more like jellyfish, but sea salps belong to the Tunicata, a group of animals also known as sea squirts. That makes them closer to the taxonomy of humans than jellyfish, according to the Coastal Interpretive Center.
Sea salps are good for the environment. They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by compacting the algae they've eaten into tiny pellets that sink to the ocean floor, according to Florida State University's Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences.Bill Clements snapped this selfie with a blue whale he came across while paddleboarding off the coast of Dana Point in Southern California in August 2022.
He has even encountered sharks, but Clements said they've been too skittish and too fast for him to capture on video.
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