Armed with these adaptations, coleoids began to take advantage of a new niche: the deep sea.

有了这些适应性，珊瑚虫开始利用一个新的利基市场：深海。

Today, coleoids have colonized every marine ecosystem on the planet, and they play a vital role in ocean food webs.

今天， 胶状体已经在地球上的每一个海洋生态系统中定居，它们在海洋食物网中发挥着至关重要的作用。

But the coleoids were able to take refuge in the deep sea, and were no longer dependent on their shells.

但是蛲虫能够在深海中避难，不再依赖于它们的贝壳。