Plankton Research by

Special Adaptations

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-17 15:53:29 UTC

Sea Angels foots of the gastropod has developed into wing-like flaps
Have sensory organs on top of their heads that serve as a projection
Use a seperate suite of muscles into action to obtain higher beat frequency
Their shells are lost at metamorphosis
Sea Angels are gelatinous, mostly transparent and very small
Tentacles and hooks are developed during feeding

Anatomy

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-17 15:53:53 UTC

Sea Angels have two wing-like feet, a transparent body, two tentacles, a digestive gland, hook sacs, a nerve ring, and a buccal bulb. Their wings allow them to capture and eat their prey. Their tentacles allow them to get around because they have no eyes. Their digestive glands allow them to digest their food. The buccal cones they have in their head along with six other feeding tentacles allow the tentacles to extend out of their mouth to grab and eat its prey.

How It Survives

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-17 15:54:23 UTC

Their transparent skin allows them to be hard to find.
Their "wings" allow them to swim much faster so they are able to swim away from their predators.
Cephalopods are suckers and in a sense it serves as an ability that they have which helps them to hunt in order to survive

Where in the food web does it live?

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-17 15:54:46 UTC

Sea angels are part of the plankton for their entire life. They have a large importance as part of the marine food web because they serve as food to fish as well as to whales.
Found from the surface to greater than 1,600ft depth
Live in the Artic Ocean and cold regions of the North Pacific/ North Atlantic oceans

Question

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-17 15:56:13 UTC

Due to climate changes, temperatures and the sea surface rising, does it ultimately have an effect on the plankton as far as their quantity?

Extra Interesting Facts/Concepts From Video

whitneyh2211 — 2015-11-20 06:58:03 UTC

What's left of the plankton sinks to all the way down to the ocean where it ultimately makes up for half of the material on the sea floor
Foams that appear on the ocean currents do in fact allow to know that a phytoplankton bloom has occurred
Phytoplankton are the cause for 50% of photosynthesis on Earth, meaning it's 50% of the oxygen we breathe
When fish lay their eggs, they make sure that their in the plankton so that eventually they will have a very large food supply