Nanomia bijuga Common Names: Siphonophore Scientific Name: Nanomia bijuga Size Range: Up to 30cm in total length Nanomia bijuga belongs to the order Physonecta within the subclass Siphonophorae within the class Hydrozoa. It is a predator that represents a colony of many genetically identical individuals called zooids that make up the whole. It has a pigmented gas filled float called a pneumatophore at its tip. Please come back – more information will be posted soon on this fascinating siphonophore! Photos and video by D. Young
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