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| | Scientific classification | | | | Families | | See text. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1100x1508, 690 KB) Physalia Physalis - Portuguese man-of-war - Noaa - PD Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [1] File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are...
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ...
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Subphylum/Classes[1] Anthozoa — corals and sea anemones Medusozoa:[2] Cubozoa — sea wasps or box jellyfish Hydrozoa — hydroids, hydra-like animals Polypodiozoa Scyphozoa — jellyfish Staurozoa — stalked jellyfish unranked: Myxozoa - parasites Cnidaria[3] (IPA: [4]) is a phylum containing some 11,000 species of apparently simple animals found exclusively in aquatic...
Subclasses Anthomedusae Laingiomedusae Leptomedusae Limnomedusae Siphonophorae Actinulidae Narcomedusae Trachymedusae Polypodiozoa Organisms of the Class Hydrozoa belong to the phylum Cnidaria. ...
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 - 19 May 1831) was an Estonian physician, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. ...
| Siphonophora is an order of the Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. They are colonial, the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish and they may be Earth's most abundant predators. The best known species is the Portuguese Man o' War. Each Man o' War is a colony. Subclasses Anthomedusae Laingiomedusae Leptomedusae Limnomedusae Siphonophorae Actinulidae Narcomedusae Trachymedusae Polypodiozoa Organisms of the Class Hydrozoa belong to the phylum Cnidaria. ...
Invertebrate is a term that describes any animal without a spinal column. ...
Subphylum/Classes[1] Anthozoa — corals and sea anemones Medusozoa:[2] Cubozoa — sea wasps or box jellyfish Hydrozoa — hydroids, hydra-like animals Polypodiozoa Scyphozoa — jellyfish Staurozoa — stalked jellyfish unranked: Myxozoa - parasites Cnidaria[3] (IPA: [4]) is a phylum containing some 11,000 species of apparently simple animals found exclusively in aquatic...
This is a biological article: For a territory administered by another territory see: Colony For a group attempting to affiliate with a Fraternity or Sorority see: Colony (fraternity) In biology, a colony (from Latin colonia) refers to several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for mutual...
Orders Stauromedusae Coronatae Semaeostomeae Rhizostomae Jellyfish are marine invertebrates of the class Scyphozoa, and can be found in every ocean in the world. ...
This article is about the marine invertebrate. ...
Siphonophora are especially scientifically interesting because they are composed of medusoid and polypoid zooids that are morphologically and functionally specialized. Each zooid is an individual, but their integration with each other is so strong that the colony attains the character of one large individual; and most of the zooids are so specialized that they lack the ability to survive on their own. Thus it is debatable whether zooids or siphonophora are individuals. Also, because complex multicellular organisms have cells which, like zooids, are specialized and interdependent, siphonophora may provide clues regarding their evolution.[1] The term morphology in biology refers to the outward appearance (shape, structure, colour, pattern) of an organism or taxon and its component parts. ...
Multicellular organisms are those organisms containing more than one cell, and having differentiated cells that perform specialized functions. ...
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Erenna genus A siphonophore from the genus Erenna has been discovered at a depth of around 1,600 meters off the coast of Monterey, California. The individuals from these colonies are strung together like a feather boa. They prey on small animals using stinging cells. Among the stinging cells are stalks with red glowing ends. The tips twitch back and forth creating a twinkling effect. It is theorized that twinkling red light attracts small fish that have been found eaten by these siphonophores. Nickname: Location of Monterey, California County Monterey Government - Mayor Chuck Della Sala Area - City 30. ...
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While many sea animals produce blue and green bioluminescence, this siphonophore is only the second found to produce a red light (the first being the scaleless dragonfish). Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. ...
Haeckel's siphonophores Ernst Haeckel described a number of siphonophores, and several plates from his Kunstformen der Natur (1904) depict members of the taxon. Ernst Haeckel. ...
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References - Haddock SH, Dunn CW, Pugh PR, Schnitzler CE (2005). Bioluminescent and red-fluorescent lures in a deep-sea siphonophore. Science 309 (5732): 263. PMID 16002609.
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