Question

Comb jellies may not be the most familiar animal to you, but they are critical in the food chain because they make up a significant portion of the planktonic biomass. Their feeding strategy is predatory and involves adhesives or mucus on their tentacles or other body parts. What feeding tactic do these animals use?A) suspension feeder B) fluid feederC) deposit feederD) food-mass feeder

Answer 1

The correct option is A) suspension feeder

Step-by-step explanation:

In biological terms, suspension feeder can be described as an organism which has the ability to feed on the organic matter present in water. The comb jellies have mucus or adhesives on their tentacles which makes them better adapted to engulf food. The mucus or adhesives stick the organic particles from the water to the tentacles and other body parts of the comb jellies. The comb jellies then engulf these particles.