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0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by BluberryLiLiSan Diego, Mexico

This sargassum algae is encrusted with a

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by Max GallagherBlenheim, New Zealand

Small orange colonial

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by JordiPrats

Brown, rounded colony of marine

0 0 Quaking Aspen

Quaking Aspen

by werdgentUtah, USA

" As all trees in a given clonal colony are ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by BullingerCharleston, South Carolina, USA

This is a sea-whip, a colony of coral-like ...

4 6 Lesser long-nosed bat

Lesser long-nosed bat

by GabyMerlinaOlimonBaja California Sur, Mexico

Colonial species, occupies abandoned mines ...

1 0 Man of War

Man of War

by Ryan RegnerKayes, Mali

Can be mistaken as a jelly fish, the Man of War is a Siphonophore an animal ...

10 4 Hydrozoan

Hydrozoan

by MachiCalifornia, USA

It's not feathers with roots, nor is it a plant or seaweed. This is actually a ...

0 0 Freshwater Bryozoans

Freshwater Bryozoans

by LisaPowersNashville-Davidson, Tennessee, USA

jelly-like mass approximately 5 inches in diameter

0 0 Ants - Larvae, Pupae, and Adults

Ants - Larvae, Pupae, and Adults

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Ant larvae, pupae, and adults.

0 0 Coral

Coral

by joanbstanley

organism. As

0 0 Man O War

Man O War

by hmarie191Texas, USA

jellyfish-like marine invertebrate

0 0 bryozoan

bryozoan

by AnnaWhipkeyMichigan, USA

Bryozoans are colonial

4 4 Hydrozoan

Hydrozoan

by MachiCalifornia, USA

Another colonial

4 9 "dark" honey fungus/mushroom

"dark" honey fungus/mushroom

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

It is known to be one of the largest living

2 0 Many-headed slime

Many-headed slime

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

colonies. The more we learn about this ...

0 0 Beech Blight Aphid

Beech Blight Aphid

by terry.grignonOntario, Canada

I found a colony of a small, weird

2 2 Lacy bryozoan

Lacy bryozoan

by Marta RubioTexeiraNegros Oriental, Philippines

This is a beautiful species of bryozoan

0 0 Carpet Tunicate

Carpet Tunicate

by DespinaTsafetopoulouChristchurch, New Zealand

Carpet Tunicate, or didemnum vexillum, is a

0 0 Mussel's Beard (hydroid)

Mussel's Beard (hydroid)

by Max GallagherChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

colonial

5 2 Bryozoan

Bryozoan

by MachiCalifornia, USA

AKA Moss Animals. Some of the Y-shaped structures further branched to make a ...

0 0 Kowharawhara

Kowharawhara

by Sian JonesHibiscus Coast, New Zealand

A robust, tufted epiphyte, often growing in large

1 1 Fire coral

Fire coral

by sttweets

Fire corals are colonial marine

4 0 Portuguese Man o' War

Portuguese Man o' War

by KulifeldBoca Raton, Florida, USA

The Red Reef Beach in Boca Raton was littered with these beauties.

1 2 Bryozoans

Bryozoans

by Maria dBNorth Carolina, USA

These are colonies of individual

59 36 Cnidario

Cnidario

by TavoNayarit, Mexico

Porpita porpita, commonly known as the blue button, is a marine

3 1 Zompopas- Leaf-cutter Ant

Zompopas- Leaf-cutter Ant

by Jonathan SequeiraPeñas Blancas, Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica

between 15 to 20 years. The colony is ...

2 0 European honey bee

European honey bee

by Aaron_GTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

house tens of thousands of bees. Colony ...

37 33 Ascidians

Ascidians

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

mouths (called oral siphons). The spiral zooids -- animals that are part of a ...

24 11 Organ-pipe Coral

Organ-pipe Coral

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

In spite of its hard skeleton, the

0 0 Armillaria (Honey Mushroom)

Armillaria (Honey Mushroom)

by EdwardNathanReulbachJr.Bremerton, Washington, USA

In most areas of North America, Armillaria solidipes can be separated from ...

2 0 Honey Mushroom

Honey Mushroom

by EdwardNathanReulbachJr.Seattle, Washington, USA

it apart from any Armillaria. (Herink, 1973) It is known to be one of the ...

9 10 Thrombolites (bacterial mats)

Thrombolites (bacterial mats)

by StevenSpraggMandurah, Western Australia, Australia

cementation of calcium carbonate and other substances by

0 1 Green algae

Green algae

Newport News City, Virginia, USA

species.They share the most similarities with plants. Green algae range from ...

4 5 Baker´s yeast

Baker´s yeast

by Marta RubioTexeiraLeuven, Vlaanderen, Belgium

unicelular organism that lives in

9 4 Lollipop tunicate

Lollipop tunicate

by Marta RubioTexeiraCebu, Philippines

colony is a spherical cluster of small ...

5 1 Turtle Ant

Turtle Ant

by Phillip TorresMeta, Colombia

worker class, this allows them to serve as doors to their

2 3 Social spider

Social spider

by Wild ThingsMaharashtra, India

to prey on larger organisms that would be ...

0 0 Portuguese Man O'War

Portuguese Man O'War

by avanderwegeHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

single creature, but a colonial

6 5 Portuguese Man O' War

Portuguese Man O' War

by 7yl4rFlorida, USA

Though it looks like it, the man o' war is not a jellyfish, but is a ...

11 3 Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War

Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War

by ShannaBQueensland, Australia

bluebottle is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore, which is not actually a ...

3 1 Milkweed Aphids

Milkweed Aphids

by AtulMaharashtra, India

( living tissue that carries organic ...

2 1 Aphids

Aphids

by AtulMaharashtra, India

( living tissue that carries organic ...

3 1 Kelp Lace Bryozoan

Kelp Lace Bryozoan

by KatKilouekaAvalon, California, USA

colonial

2 0 Copepod

Copepod

by MachiPortland, Maine, USA

, green organisms in the last photo), ...

17 4 Blue Button Jellyfish

Blue Button Jellyfish

by mokaueaHonolulu, Hawaii, USA

Porpita porpita, commonly known as the blue button, is a marine

3 0 Lacy crust bryozoan

Lacy crust bryozoan

by Brian38Old Town, Washington, United States

Lacy crust bryozoanis an interesting marine

0 2 Disc Coral

Disc Coral

by BlogieDavao Del Norte, Philippines

This reef-building coral forms colonies of ...

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