Free-swimming larvacean (we saw many Larvacean houses, which in the words of Dr. Tracey Sutton, are the “mucus polysaccharide structures that are spun similarly to that of a spider by the larvacean intricately to provide them with food.”)
Free-swimming Larvacean
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Free-swimming larvacean (we saw many larvacean houses, which in the words of Dr. Tracey Sutton, are the “mucus polysaccharide structures that are spun similarly to that of a spider by the larvacean intricately to provide them with food.”)

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