📚 noun • entry_id 46670
siphonophore
/saɪˈfɑ.nəˌfo˞/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sifonóforo
Any transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
However, two beaches in Tarragona in southern Catalonia were closed in July after Portuguese man o’war (Physalia physalis) were spotted in the water. The sting of this siphonophore…
Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?
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