Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?
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Siphonophore
//saɪˈfɑ.nəˌfo˞//
Synonyms for "siphonophore" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- uimapolyyppi noun (hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae)
French
1 entries- siphonophore noun (hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae)
Japanese
1 entries- 管クラゲ noun (hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae)
Russian
1 entries- сифонофо́ра noun (hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae)
Spanish
1 entries- sifonóforo noun (hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae)
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However, two beaches in Tarragona in southern Catalonia were closed in July after Portuguese man o’war (Physalia physalis) were spotted in the water. The sting of this siphonophore (it is not technically a jellyfish, but they are closely related) is especially painful.
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