title: Free-floating mucus webs: a novel feeding adaptation for the open ocean.
abstract: Observations by means of conventional scuba techniques have revealed that highly modified planktonic gastropods, in the order Thecosomata, utilize a free and unsupported mucus web for collecting food particles. Their delicate bodies, quick reactions, and apparent abundance suggest that traditional plankton-sampling methods may be inadequate to assess their importance in the blue-water plankton communities.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gilmer