It is also a suspension feeder, raising an arm and extending the tube feet in order to catch particles floating by.
A strongly focused laser beam has the ability to catch and hold particles (of dielectric material) in a size range from nanometers to micrometers.
Soft light slanted in through the windows, catching particles of dust in a warm haze.
I prefer the Not surface which has just enough tooth to catch fine particles of charcoal.
There it takes the shape of a basket that catches dislodged particles.
N. anomala is a filter feeder, using the lophophore between the two valves to selectively catch particles that drift past.
It also consumes plants and skims the surface of the water with its mouth open to catch small particles of food.
To catch particles in space, the Stardust spacecraft uses a special material called aerogel.
A Faraday cup is a metal (conductive) cup designed to catch charged particles in vacuum.
C. cirratus is a filter feeder, catching particles floating past with its tentacles and conveying them to its mouth.