Filtrous Field Guide

Melibe leonina feeds by sweeping its hood through the water like a net — trapping particles, letting liquid pass. It filters. The same principle behind every syringe filter we make.

Glaucus atlanticus hunts the Portuguese man o’war and extracts only its most potent stinging cells. Its sting becomes stronger than its prey’s. Extract only what matters. Concentrate it. Make it stronger. That’s our Extraction & Purification line.

Stiliger ornatus punctures individual algae cells and draws out the contents with precise suction — one cell at a time. Nature’s pipette tip, and the face of our Liquid Handling line.

Elysia grandifolia steals living chloroplasts from algae and keeps them alive inside its own cells for months. A living culture — and the inspiration for our Cell Culture line.

Pteraeolidia ianthina hosts colonies of algae inside its body, keeping them replicating under controlled conditions — copying biological material over and over. That same principle of controlled replication is what our PCR Consumables line is built for.

Phyllidia varicosa doesn’t make its own defenses — it feeds on toxic sponges and stores their compounds at just the right concentration, ready to deploy. Handling volatile chemicals safely is what our Buffers & Solvents line does every day.

Nembrotha cristata is a selective feeder — it identifies a single prey species among hundreds on a reef and collects it with precision. Locate, identify, collect. The same workflow behind our General Lab and Sample Collection line.

Aegires hapsis is armored with hard spicules embedded in its skin — a built-in barrier against the environment. That same principle of physical protection is the logic behind every product in our PPE & Safety line.

Chromodoris annae feeds on toxic sponges. It takes a complex chemical mixture and separates out what matters. That is chromatography in living form, and why this nudibranch represents our Chromatography line.