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• by KarenLK

  What's going on here? I see one #larvacean, maybe two, and what could be eggs?

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:45 PM

• by bgrassian scientist

  Neat! I see 2 larvaceans as well. They are overlapping/adjacent to what is either a colony of #protist or #marinesnow. Cannot tell which

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:47 PM

• by bgrassian scientist

  What are other peoples thoughts? marine snow?

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:48 PM

• by KarenLK

  Are the #larvacean eating it?

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:48 PM

• by bgrassian scientist

  Not likely... larvaceans use their larvacean house as a filter to actively beat in food particles to collect on the mucous house

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:49 PM

• by KarenLK

  Why are so many #larvaceans swimming around without #houses? Do they build new ones?

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:53 PM

• by bgrassian scientist

  Yes, good question ! They make, discard, and remake the house throughout the day

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:54 PM

• by bgrassian scientist

  Also sometimes new houses are so transparent that they are not visible to the camera. The collected particles is what makes them visible

  Posted September 20, 2013 3:55 PM

• by SandersClan

  Whoa, throughout the day? It seems like it would take so much longer to build!

  Posted October 4, 2013 2:14 AM

• by bgrassian scientist

  Apparently those hammer-like heads are even more resourceful than a swiss army knife ( =

  Posted October 4, 2013 2:16 AM

• by bgrassian scientist

  But that colonial mass of 'cell-like' guys is a #protist colony. no need to mark those guys

  Posted October 4, 2013 2:17 AM

• by SandersClan

  Whoops.

  Posted October 4, 2013 4:30 AM