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06/21/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

A group of marine invertebrates use sheets of mucus to catch their food

The inhabitants of the ocean can be just as mysterious and fascinating as their home. Invertebrates called pyrosomes, for example, secrete sheets of mucus that they use as a net to catch their food. Pyrosomes belong to a group of marine organisms that Kelly Sutherland, assistant professor of biology at the University of Oregon, calls […]

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