Jellyfish are brainless, boneless, eyeless creatures that are 95% water. Despite this simplicity, however, they’ve withstood ...

It belongs to the Apolemia genus, and like all siphonophores, is made up of a colony of organisms called zooids. Siphonophore zooids are either connected to each other by tissues or encased in the one ...

Portuguese man o' war, often mistaken for jellyfish, have been sighted on Florida beaches. While rarely fatal to humans, the sting can be intense and should be treated with hot compresses, not ...

Individual zooids are typically housed in a body wall of chitin or calcified materials or, in some freshwater species a gelatinous layer. There are pores in the body walls and body fluids can pass ...

“A siphonophore is unusual in that it is comprised of a colony of specialized, genetically identical individuals called zooids — clones — with various forms and functions, all working ...

Members of the Physaliidae family, these neon-colored invertebrates are colonial organisms—an animal consisting of countless tinier, specialized animals called zooids. For the man o' war ...

A siphonophore is comprised of a colony of specialized, genetically identical individuals called zooids — clones — with various forms and functions, all working together as one, making it a ...

Basically the individual building blocks that make it up are actually mini-animals called zooids or ramets instead of just individual cells, so we call it a colonial organism. Like there are ...

It’s actually a siphonophore, which means it’s a colony of millions of identical clones called zooids. Despite being separate individuals, these zooids can’t survive on their own and need to ...

A siphonophore is not truly one organism, but a colony of smaller units called zooids. These zooids are genetically identical and join together to form a single organism. Each group of zooids is ...

Often mistaken for jellyfish, the Portuguese Man o’ War is a siphonophore — a specialised colony of zooids that function together as a single organism. It is easily identified by its balloon ...

It’s misleading even to think of it as an individual: it’s a colony of four different types of organisms called “zooids”, each type dedicated to a certain task – flotation, stinging prey ...