ichthyologist:
“ Marrus Orthocanna
A colonial animal composed of a complex arrangement of zooids, some of which are polyps and some medusae.
”
A pelagic siphonophore in the class Hydrozoa. The best known siphonophore is the Portuguese Man o’ War...

ichthyologist:

Marrus Orthocanna

A colonial animal composed of a complex arrangement of zooids, some of which are polyps and some medusae.

A pelagic siphonophore in the class Hydrozoa. The best known siphonophore is the Portuguese Man o’ War (Physalia physalis).

(via halfman-halfocean-blog-blog)

animals hydroid siphonophore cnidaria colony marine biology ocean sea marine

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