siphonophore

siphonophore

English

Etymology

From siphono- +‎ -phore.

Noun

siphonophore (plural siphonophores)

1. (zoology) Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
   • 2017, Derek J Skillings, ‘Life is not easily bounded’, Aeon, 24 October:

     Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?

Further reading

• Siphonophorae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Siphonophorae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Siphonophorae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons