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2 2 Portuguese Man o' War

Portuguese Man o' War

by amyhoerlerWest Palm Beach, Florida

Blue, purple and transparent

5 2 Sea Pork

Sea Pork

by Mandy HollmanNorth Carolina, USA

A colony of tiny zooids (tunicates) living ...

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

An orange-red colored bryozoan colony. Rough texture. Small

15 2 Little Bottle Sea Squirts

Little Bottle Sea Squirts

by Marta RubioTexeiraPhilippines

This species frequently occurs in dense clusters. It has large 2-4 cm ...

2 2 Lacy bryozoan

Lacy bryozoan

by Marta RubioTexeiraNegros Oriental, Philippines

called zooids, since they are not fully ...

3 0 Mangrove tunicate. Ascidia

Mangrove tunicate. Ascidia

by eulalia rubioSan Javier, Región de Murcia, Spain

Ecteinascidia turbinata is a colonial sea squirt. The individual

13 10 Painted tunicate

Painted tunicate

by Marta RubioTexeiraCancún, Mexico

Zooids up to 2 cm, transparent and often ...

6 5 Portuguese Man O' War

Portuguese Man O' War

by 7yl4rFlorida, USA

organism made up of many minute individuals called

2 0 Sea Pork

Sea Pork

by ArleenBessetteFlorida, USA

25cm...a colony of tiny tunicate animals individually known as

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Ranger HopeWashington, USA

jelly but is more solid, like rubber, and you can see the individual

22 9 Painted Sea Squirt

Painted Sea Squirt

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

I took these photos at a depth of less than 5m.

1 0 Sea liver

Sea liver

by Maria dBSouth Carolina, USA

the cartilaginous tunic of sea pork. Under the microscope,

0 2 Pyrosome Jellyfish

Pyrosome Jellyfish

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

constituent zooids form a rigid tube which ...

9 4 Lollipop tunicate

Lollipop tunicate

by Marta RubioTexeiraCebu, Philippines

. The branched stems are formed by tiny polyps called

37 16 Portuguese Man 'o War

Portuguese Man 'o War

by ImreDérMaldives

many minute individuals called zooids.[1] ...

2 2 Bluebottle Jellyfish or Portuguese Man of War

Bluebottle Jellyfish or Portuguese Man of War

by RachaelBTasmania, Australia

This jellyfish is not a single organism but composed of 4 minute

1 2 Bryozoans

Bryozoans

by Maria dBNorth Carolina, USA

These are colonies of individual organisms called

0 0 Star Ascidian

Star Ascidian

by KatKilouekaAvalon, California, USA

This species can be distinguished from Botrylloides sp. by the pattern of

22 14 Colonial ascidia

Colonial ascidia

by eulalia rubioSan Javier, Región de Murcia, Spain

This is a colonial sea squirt composed of

6 4 Moss Animal

Moss Animal

by LauraMariaTendring District (Essex), England, United Kingdom

little zooids, which are each specialised ...

0 0 Portuguese Man O'War

Portuguese Man O'War

by avanderwegeHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many minute individuals ...

0 0 Carpet Tunicate

Carpet Tunicate

by DespinaTsafetopoulouChristchurch, New Zealand

organisms. Zooids (individuals) are about ...

5 0 Sea pork

Sea pork

by Maria dBTopsail Beach, North Carolina, USA

zooids are arranged in circular groups ...

11 3 Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War

Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War

by ShannaBQueensland, Australia

organism made up of many minute individuals called

6 3 Stalked Sea Squirt

Stalked Sea Squirt

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

detritus. Each stalk contains a oval-shaped colony of tunicates, which ...

7 2 Bluebottle

Bluebottle

by Neil RossNSW, Australia

animal but a colony of four kinds of highly modified individuals (

0 0 Spaghetti bryozoan

Spaghetti bryozoan

by eulalia rubioSan Javier, Región de Murcia, Spain

zooids known as autozooids connected to ...

3 0 Lacy crust bryozoan

Lacy crust bryozoan

by Brian38Old Town, Washington, United States

animals called zooids. Please read ...

2 0 Bluebottle

Bluebottle

by Megs184551, Queensland, Australia

but a cnidarian which is made up of small animals called

2 18 Moss Animal

Moss Animal

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

White, mesh-looking growth along side red algae. Was pliable and smooth like ...

2 0 Pacific man-o'-war

Pacific man-o'-war

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

zooids. Each of these

0 0 Portuguese Man-of-war, Portuguese man o' war.

Portuguese Man-of-war, Portuguese man o' war.

by DuprasiTexas, USA

individuals called zooids. These

1 0 Pyrosomes

Pyrosomes

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Found them washed in thousands, in many Wellington southern beaches...At first ...

1 2 Watersipora encrusting bryozoan

Watersipora encrusting bryozoan

by DespinaTsafetopoulouΒόλος, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Θεσσαλίας - Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Greece

. Polypides are bright orange-red. Zooids ...

7 0 Colony of Hydroids

Colony of Hydroids

by AlbertKangCebu, Philippines

structures known as gonozooids. In some species, further specialised

37 33 Ascidians

Ascidians

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

mouths (called oral siphons). The spiral

1 0 Red ascidian

Red ascidian

by Brian38Port Crescent, Washington, United States

Aplidium solidum is a compound tunicate that grows on rocks and other hard ...

11 7 Moss animal

Moss animal

by Leuba RidgwayWarneet, Victoria, Australia

This frilly lettuce shaped specimen is bryozoan, commonly called moss animal. ...

15 7 Portuguese Man o' War

Portuguese Man o' War

by ElstonPetersonAruba

These Portuguese Man o' War were spotted on the Daimari Beach in Aruba in the ...

1 0 Colonial Pelagic Tunicate

Colonial Pelagic Tunicate

by AlbertKangOrmoc, Leyte, Philippines

constituent zooids form a rigid tube, ...

23 10 Portuguese Man o' War

Portuguese Man o' War

by LaurieWintersFlorida, USA

zooids. Each of these

3 3 Portuguese man o' war

Portuguese man o' war

by PatriciaPiLimón, Costa Rica

organism made up of many minute individuals called

1 2 Portuguese Man o'War

Portuguese Man o'War

by LealikiKanoaPlantation, Florida, USA

zooids. The Portuguese man o' war is ...

1 0 Sea Squirts

Sea Squirts

by misako.hillCalifornia, USA

compound ascidians that consist of many small individuals (each individual is ...

5 0 Blue bell tunicates

Blue bell tunicates

by Marta RubioTexeiraNegros Oriental, Philippines

called a zooid) forming colonies up to ...

1 0 Stinging Hydroid

Stinging Hydroid

by AlbertKangBatangas, Philippines

, further specialised zooids are formed

3 0 Sea pork

Sea pork

by Maria dBSouth Carolina, USA

expelled during feeding and respiration. The

5 1 Blue Bottle Jellyfish

Blue Bottle Jellyfish

by triggsturnerBay of Plenty, New Zealand

Otherwise known as Portuguese Man of War. Locally known as the Blue bottle due ...

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