Island Life: Having a blastozooid

Three miles off shore from the Honokohau Harbor, this chain of salps rises to the surface on Tuesday. The individual oozooids form a “blastozooid,” attached together while swimming and feeding on phytoplankton. (Joe Gantley/Community contributor)

Three miles off shore from the Honokohau Harbor, this chain of salps rises to the surface on Tuesday. The individual oozooids form a “blastozooid,” attached together while swimming and feeding on phytoplankton. (Joe Gantley/Community contributor)