Name: Siphonophores (Siphonophora) Where they live: All oceans What they eat: Small crustaceans, copepods and fish Why they're awesome: The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale ...

Scientists estimate that the siphonophore they discovered is at least 150 feet long Researchers exploring the deep waters off the coast of Western Australia have discovered what they believe to be ...

Siphonophores are deep-sea “colonial creatures” made up of specialized individuals that work together as one. And while scientists have described some 175 species of the bizarre beings, each ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. This article is more than 5 years old. The giant siphonophore, Apolemia ...

Schmidt Ocean estimated the siphonophore's outer ring at 49 feet (15 meters) in diameter. While the siphonophore, which is related to jellyfish, looks like it's all one animal, it's actually a ...

The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together. Colony Structure, Tentacles, and Venom. The man-of-war comprises four separate polyps.

Siphonophore video: Marine biologists capture rare sea creature in the Gulf of Mexico. The creature may look like a jellyfish but is in fact a colony of organisms that work together to eat, ...

In June, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus research vessel recorded a siphonophore swimming at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The video of the odd-looking, purple-blue sea creature went viral.

Siphonophores feed on a variety of small sea animals, including plankton, fish and small crustaceans. The species that use toxins to capture prey have zooids that contain tiny but deadly tentacles ...

Siphonophores are unusual animals made up of individual organisms called "zooids," which each have a distinct function — despite being genetically identical.