Reflections pteropods

Pteropods, also known as sea butterflies or sea angels, are mucus feeders that spread a sticky net around their bodies to snag passing particles and plankton.

By Photo by Paul Caiger/©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

01 September 2021

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Pteropods, also known as sea butterflies or sea angels, are so-called mucus feeders that spread a sticky net around their bodies to snag passing particles and plankton.