The siphonophores are an order of organisms in the Cnidaria phylum that look like lumps or spirals of string. Found in all oceans and all ocean depths, these animals are abundant and adaptive. And ...

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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 ...

Underwater explorers found a 150-foot siphonophore — a stringy creature that, like coral or jellyfish, is made up of smaller critters — living in waters off the coast of Australia.

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 ...

Siphonophores are not rare, just fragile and remote," Helm wrote. "As we explore the ocean's more, who knows what other creatures we will see." Follow N'dea Yancey-Bragg on Twitter: @NdeaYanceyBragg ...

These are the siphonophores, some 180 known species of gelatinous strings that can grow to 100 feet long, making them some of the longest critters on the planet. But instead of growing as a single ...

Scientists spotted a swirling siphonophore off Western Australia that was 150 feet long. By Devi Lockwood Nerida Wilson couldn’t take her eyes off the computer screen. Some 2,000 feet beneath ...

This sinew-y, glowy, flowy creature of the deep looks like a cross between a jellyfish, an eel and an H.P. Lovecraft daydream. Also known as a Giant Siphonophore, these strange beasties spend their ...

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 ...

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