Comb Jellyfish Essay

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Comb jellies or Ctenophores are basically fake jellyfish. Like jellyfish they are transparent are transparent, but these lacking stinging cells are basically giant balls of see-through goo. These balls of goo are located throughout most marine environments, at varied depths and temperatures they are very good conformers. The most prominent feature of Ctenophores is their cilia. Cilia are hair-like structures that are used to help this species swim. Being fake jellyfish the comb jellies are extremely predacious, they entrap food and suck them up and are known for being cannibalistic and swallowing each other whole.
Ctenophores play various roles in an ecosystem. Ctenophores have an extremely important predator prey role. They balance many ecosystems by preventing over growth of certain species. These species usually consume large amounts of …show more content…

The Hagfish are blind, because the majority of them living in deep waters do not need to see. They are also known for living in the Gulf of Maine. It estimated that thousands of these scale-less fish, who duo as scavengers and predators, live in the deep waters of the gulf. These fish do not have jaws, but still have teeth. One way they attack their prey is to go through open areas (mouth, gills, anus, etc.), and once in the animal eat on their flesh, muscles, and organs.
The Hagfish role in the environment is very closely related to lobsters, except much less obvious. The Hagfish is both a scavenger and a predator. Thus, they decompose dead species, and remove the weak/sick from a population which are both an essential role in an ecosystem. Being a scavenger allows this species to return nutrients from dead species back into the cycles in which they came from. The Hagfish may also have a role in medicine, because they contain anti-microbial compounds that have been proven useful in the medical

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