#rhizophysa

[strawlessandbraless]

Rhizophysa filiformis // No common name

Rhizophysidae is a family of siphonophores in the suborder Cystonectae. Look at them go 💚🩵💜

Love to sea it 🌊

[shevvys-pictures]

'Dancing Rhizophysa'

Based off Rhizophysae in real life, a type of Siphonophore.

[orbiculator]

So - for those who loved my last Rhizophysa post, here's the video of it. However, probably due to some bad lighting and low resolution, it looked rather....visceral. Lovecraftian. You name it.

I'm still sure it looked pretty if you get the cameras right though.

As you can see, the creature got a disproportionately looooooooooooooongggggg colony.

Yes. It's a colony. Not a single organism. A colony. A colony with its own division of work and function.