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Science 3 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5702, p. 1757
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104279
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The Cryptic Filtering House of an Invertebrate Larva

Bruno Pernet

Planktonic larvae of the annelid Pectinaria californiensis construct and inhabit cryptic houses through which they filter seawater to concentrate food. Although filtering houses may be unique to pectinariid larvae, other transparent and ephemeral structures are secreted by the larvae of many marine invertebrates and may be involved in the performance of a variety of critical larval functions.

Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840–3702, USA.

E-mail: bpernet{at}csulb.edu

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