Colonial Siphonophore (IMAGE)

Census of Marine Life

Colonial Siphonophore

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A colonial siphonophore: several swimming bells surround red and yellow feeding tenticles. Grows to 1.5 cm. From the Danish Galathea 3 expedition off Broome in Northwestern Australia, November 2006.

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Photo Credit, Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks ©2006

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