| Predatory tunicate | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Superphylum: | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Urochordata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Phlebobranchia |
| Family: | Octacnemidae |
| Genus: | Megalodicopia |
| Species: | M. hians |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalodicopia hians |
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Predatory tunicates (Megalodicopia hians) are tunicates which live anchored along the deep sea canyon walls and seafloor, waiting for tiny animals to drift or swim into their hood-shaped mouths. Looking something like a cross between a jellyfish and a Venus Flytrap, its mouthlike hood is quick to close when a small animal drifts inside. Once the predatory tunicate catches a meal, it keeps its trap shut until it is ready to eat again. They are known to live in the Monterey Canyon at depths of 200-1,000 m (656-3,281 ft).
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