COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Luminescent ocean drifters hold keys to deep-sea animal adaptations
Description: Comb jellies aren't true jellyfish. They don't have, or need, the stinging tentacles of bell-shaped jellies. They use adhesive cells to snare prey, ingesting whatever small creatures they come into contact with as they float along. Vacuum cleaners of the sea, swarms of comb jellies can devour whole patches of freshly spawned fish eggs in a matter of hours. Comb jellies, also known as ctenophores (pronounced teen'-oh-fours), are marine predators found in all oceans, living in both shallow and deep waters. How do they exist in the deepest ocean realms? Marine scientists are finding out. [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: https://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242898&org=NSF&from=news
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 8/25/2017
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