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Resomia Ornicephala
Resomiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Siphonophorae Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marin .... Genera: * '' Resomia'' Pugh, 2006 References Physonectae Monogeneric cnidarian families {{Siphonophorae-stub ...
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Cnidaria
Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, sea anemones, corals and some of the smallest marine parasites. Their distinguishing features are an uncentralized nervous system distributed throughout a gelatinous body and the presence of cnidocytes or cnidoblasts, specialized cells with ejectable flagella used mainly for envenomation and capturing prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living, jelly-like substance, sandwiched between two layers of epithelium that are mostly one cell (biology), cell thick. Cnidarians are also some of the few animals that can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Cnidarians mostly have two basic body forms: swimming medusa (biology), medusae and sessility (motility), sessile polyp (zoology), polyps, both of which are radially symmetrical with mou ...
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Siphonophorae
Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") 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. Siphonophores are highly polymorphic and complex organisms. Although they may appear to be individual organisms, each specimen is in fact a colonial organism composed of medusoid and polypoid zooids that are morphologically and functionally specialized. Zooids are multicellular units that develop from a single fertilized egg and combine to create functional colonies able to reproduce, digest, float, maintain body positioning, and use jet propulsion to move. Most colonies are long, thin, transparent floaters living in the pelagic zone. Like other hydrozoans, some siphonophores emit light to attract and attack prey. While many sea animals produce blue and green biolumines ...
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Resomia
Resomiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Siphonophorae Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marin .... Genera: * '' Resomia'' Pugh, 2006 References Physonectae Monogeneric cnidarian families {{Siphonophorae-stub ...
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Resomiidae
Resomiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Siphonophorae. Genera: * ''Resomia Resomiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Siphonophorae Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine o ...'' Pugh, 2006 References Physonectae Monogeneric cnidarian families {{Siphonophorae-stub ...
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Physonectae
Physonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. Organisms in the suborder Physonectae follow the classic Siphonophorae, Siphonophore body plan. They are almost all pelagic, and are composed of a colony of specialized zooids that originate from the same fertilized egg. Distribution The majority of physonect siphonophores are pelagic, with the exception of Rhodaliidae, Rhodallidae, which are a family of benthic physonects first collected during the Challenger expedition, ''Challenger'' expedition and described by Ernst Haeckel, Ernst Haekel in his ''Challenger'' monograph. Physonects, and siphonophores in general, are known to be widely distributed globally, but are understudied. Few individuals have been collected and are often misidentified. As a result, their exact global distributions are unclear. Morphology All physonect siphonophores have an Anatomical terms of location, aboral, apical pneumatophore filled with gas, which is formed by invagination of the superficial cell l ...
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