According to #SamplingGap Co-chief sci Dr. Perez:
“Images have finally enabled the description of this tail, but no one knows what it is used for. It looks like a siphonophore from a distance, and one hypothesis is that it could be used for siphonophore mimicry.”
According to #SamplingGap Co-chief sci Dr. Perez:
“Images have finally enabled the description of this tail, but no one knows what it is used for. It looks like a siphonophore from a distance, and one hypothesis is that it could be used for siphonophore mimicry.”
Varied, translucent, marine, bioluminescent, tubelike colonial creatures, siphonophores are truly extraordinary!
Varied, translucent, marine, bioluminescent, tubelike colonial creatures, siphonophores are truly extraordinary!
According to #SamplingGap Co-chief sci Dr. Perez:
“Images have finally enabled the description of this tail, but no one knows what it is used for. It looks like a siphonophore from a distance, and one hypothesis is that it could be used for siphonophore mimicry.”
These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. 🧵1/
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