Predatory tunicate

kingdom	Animalia	The predatory tunicate is a species of tunicate which lives anchored along the deep sea canyon walls and seafloor, waiting for tiny animals to drift or swim into its hood-shaped mouth. 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. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Tunicate
phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Tunicata
class	Ascidiacea
order	Phlebobranchia
family	Octacnemidae
genus	Megalodicopia
species	M. hians

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  Agatsuma Predatory tunicate

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  Takara Predatory tunicate