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How does a lancelet obtain food?

Updated: 11/10/2022
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The Lancelet is a filter feeder, so it will open its mouth - which has up to 100 or so gill slits - and as water passes through the mouth and gills, sticky mucus will catch and hold food particles, and after water has passed through, the Lancelet will swallow the mucus, and ta da! It has food.

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