Blue-tailed Giant Larvacean

Bathochordaeus

Abyssal Stats

Depth

200–1,000 m (650–3,300 ft)

Size

Animal: 10 cm (4 in); House: 1 m (3 ft)

Habitat

Midwater

Diet

Marine snow

"I build a giant 'house' made of mucus every day to filter food from the water."

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Massive filter-feeding larvaceans that play a critical role in the ocean's carbon cycle.

It is a complex mucus filter that can be over a meter wide, used to trap food particles.