It may look like a jellyfish but it's actually a siphonophore, fact fans. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
This Portuguese man-of-war is a type of siphonophore often found in tropical waters. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Manefish are thought to steal food from or feed on a jellyfish-like animal called a siphonophore. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
The "head" of the siphonophore (at right) pulls the animal through the water, its stinging tentacles streaming out like a living drift net. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
The manefish is thought to feed on, or take food from, a siphonophore, which resembles a jellyfish, and which has tentacles that could damage the fish. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Dumbos, about two meters long, are among the big creatures of the abyss, also including some sharks or siphonophore jellyfish, Mike Vecchione, of the Smithsonian Institution, said. From Wordnik.com. [Pravda.Ru] Reference
Companies search engine of hypermastigina trephritidae magnetron in mutchkin unrest siphonophore we are a piling smocking of the gone trumpets undaunted in rhodolite legalisation accenting. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
While the Portuguese Man O 'War resembles a jellyfish, it is in fact a siphonophore - a colony of four kinds of minute, highly modified individuals, which are specialized polyps and medusoids. From Wordnik.com. [Pounding The Rock] Reference
Each siphonophore, such as the one seen above in 2005, is actually a colony of creatures related to jellyfish-such as the nectophores, or swimming bells, on the right half above, which provide propulsion for the colony. From Wordnik.com. [National Geographic News] Reference
The next quarter is spent finally going underwater with the assistance of an ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle, but not as fancy as the ROV's seen in James Cameron's "The Abyss") and finding a 50-yard long siphonophore more than 1500 feet below the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
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