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Cnidario

Porpita porpita

Description:

Porpita porpita, commonly known as the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids found in tropical waters from California to the tropical Pacific, the Atlantic and Indian oceans It is often mistaken for a jellyfish, but although jellyfish and the blue buttons are part of the same phylum (Cnidaria), the blue button is part of the class Hydrozoa.

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36 Comments (1–25)

Tavo
Tavo 10 years ago

THANKS A LOT!!! I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS :D

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Cool spotting!

theham
theham 11 years ago

Awesome picture, Occasionally I see these on the beaches of South Padre Island, TX!

Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago

very cool ! :)

Adam Braz tb2
Adam Braz tb2 11 years ago

Wow nice spotting!!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

Congrats on your SOTD award

ManjuPinky
ManjuPinky 11 years ago

woww..

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Beautiful photo and information, AND it's scientific name makes me smile because it's a duplicate: Porpita porpita!

ZackUmbarger
ZackUmbarger 11 years ago

I've always wanted to see one of those! Awesome find!

Jellyfishnebula
Jellyfishnebula 11 years ago

Wow that is AWESOME!!! Good job!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Wow! Congrats.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Congratulations Tavo! What an incredible creature & fantastic find.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Congratulations Tavo and thanks for showing me something entirely new. What an amazing creature.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations !! Incredible ,,

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Amazing ! Congratulations Tavo !!!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Great spotting! Congrats!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Congratulations Tavo. Beautiful spotting.

Eyeyb1
Eyeyb1 11 years ago

WhAt is hydrozoa?

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

amazing!
congrats for SOTD

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome spotting! Congratulations!

Looks like a child's painting... So cool! Congratulations Tavo for the SOTD!

cranbrook-sda-youth1
cranbrook-sda-youth1 11 years ago

that is so cool

DST
DST 11 years ago

cool

DST
DST 11 years ago

cool

kjmdragon
kjmdragon 11 years ago

coool

Tavo
Spotted by
Tavo

Nayarit, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 2, 2011
Submitted on Dec 31, 2011

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