Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek φόρος (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing" [2]) is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains 175 species described thus far. [3]

Apr 10, 2020 · With an estimated 49-foot-wide diameter, the researchers suspect that this gelatinous string might be the largest specimen of its kind ever recorded, the Institute states in an Instagram post....

Jan 28, 2024 · A string-like marine creature called siphonophore beats blue whales in terms of length. In 2020, scientists discovered a long, gelatinous creature floating in a massive spiral approximately 600...

Apolemia uvaria, commonly known as string jellyfish, barbed wire jellyfish, [1] and long stringy stingy thingy, is a colonial siphonophore. [2]

They found something flabbergasting in the deep sea: a crazy-long ocean creature called a siphonophore. Schmidt Ocean tweeted a video of what looks like a huge line of silly string sprayed in a...

Apr 7, 2020 · Resembling a long piece of string, siphonophores—a group of creatures related to jellyfish and corals—may look like one organism, but they are actually made up of many thousands of individual,...

Sep 28, 2024 · There are around 175 species of siphonophores living in the deep sea throughout all of Earth’s oceans, although not every species is found in each ocean. Many siphonophores are long and...

Apr 21, 2020 · Scientists have discovered a 150-foot (46-meter) example of a siphonophore, a string-like deep-sea predator in Australian waters.

Aug 28, 2023 · Siphonophores mesmerize us with their spiraling strings and gelatinous globs. Learn the unique characteristics of one of the longest animals in the world.

Apr 7, 2020 · Scientists at the Schmidt Ocean Institute captured footage of a massive siphonophore in the Indian Ocean.