She's interested in the mucus creations of another creature called a larvacean.

她感兴趣的是名为幼形虫的另一种生物的黏液。

Katija says that larvaceans look a lot like tadpoles-and even the ones called " giant" larvaceans are only about four inches long.

卡迪加表示，幼形虫看起来很像蝌蚪，甚至那些被称为“巨型”幼形虫的虫子也只有约4英寸长。

Those expeditions have allowed the researchers to create 3-D models-which means you'll soon be able to 3-D print your own larvacean, too, if you like.

这些探险活动使研究人员能够创造出3D模型，这意味着如果你愿意，你也能很快打印出自已的幼形虫3D模型。

Katija's team sent a robot diving in California's Monterey Bay to observe those mucus mansions, as nobody appears to call them, in greater detail than ever before, by shooting laser light at the larvaceans.

Katija 的团队派出一个机器人潜水到加利福尼亚州的蒙特雷湾，通过向幼虫发射激光， 观察那些粘液宅邸， 因为似乎没有人这样称呼它们， 比以往任何时候都更详细。