''Rhizophysa filiformis'' is a species of

siphonophore 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 ...

, a group of colonial marine organisms that are closely related to jellyfish. It belongs to the family

Rhizophysidae Rhizophysidae is a family of Siphonophorae, siphonophores in the suborder Cystonectae. It includes ''Bathyphysa conifera'', sometimes called the "flying spaghetti monster". In Japanese language, Japanese, the family is called ().Japan Agency f ...

Habitat and distribution

This species is

pelagic The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth. The word ''pelagic'' is derived . The pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or water column between the sur ...

and occurs in the western Atlantic.

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Siphonophorae Animals described in 1775 Taxa named by Peter Forsskål {{Siphonophorae-stub