swap_horiz Cunina octonaria Alternatives

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Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis)

The Portuguese man o' war, Physalia physalis, is a pelagic hydrozoan composed of specialized individuals functioning tog...

Pelagic Colonial Venomous Hydrozoa

9.0 Excellent

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Halitrephes maasi

Halitrephes maasi is a deep-sea hydromedusa in the family Halicreatidae, known from the open ocean at substantial depths...

Pelagic Rare Colorful Deep Sea

8.1 Great

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By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella)

Velella velella, commonly called the by-the-wind sailor, is a colonial hydrozoan that lives at the ocean surface rather...

Pelagic Sail Surface Colonial

7.9 Good

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Aglantha digitale (Rocket Jelly)

Aglantha digitale, commonly called the rocket jelly, is a small hydromedusa in the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. I...

Pelagic Cold Water Fast Swimmer Hydrozoa

7.7 Good

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Nanomia bijuga

Nanomia bijuga is a species of colonial pelagic hydrozoan belonging to the order Siphonophorae, closely related to coral...

Pelagic Colonial Deep Sea Hydrozoa

7.4 Good

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Blue Button (Porpita porpita)

Porpita porpita is a small colonial hydrozoan of tropical and subtropical oceans, resembling a blue button up to 3 cm ac...

Pelagic Surface Tropical Colonial

7.3 Good

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Tetraplatia volitans

Tetraplatia volitans is a small, unusual marine hydrozoan adapted to a wholly pelagic existence in the open ocean. Its f...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Unusual

7.0 Good

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Blackfordia virginica

Blackfordia virginica is a hydrozoan in the family Blackfordiidae that alternates between a small hydroid stage and a co...

Small Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.9 Fair

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Liriope tetraphylla

Liriope tetraphylla is a hydromedusa in the hydrozoan order Trachymedusae and family Geryoniidae. It is a pelagic specie...

Transparent Tiny Pelagic Widespread

6.8 Fair

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Solmissus albescens

Solmissus albescens is a narcomedusa, a hydrozoan jellyfish found in the midwater of tropical and subtropical oceans. Un...

Transparent Deep Sea Predatory Hydrozoa

6.8 Fair

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Solmundella bitentaculata

Solmundella bitentaculata is a narcomedusa, a type of hydrozoan jellyfish that lives in the open ocean. It bears only tw...

Transparent Pelagic Widespread Hydrozoa

6.8 Fair

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Geryonia proboscidalis

Geryonia proboscidalis is a hydrozoan jellyfish in the order Trachymedusae, a group of pelagic medusae. It occurs in war...

Pelagic Deep Sea Widespread Hydrozoa

6.8 Fair

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Proboscidactyla ornata

Proboscidactyla ornata is a small hydrozoan whose medusa stage lives in association with the tubes of polychaete worms....

Small Coastal Filter Feeder Hydrozoa

6.8 Fair

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Aglaura hemistoma

Aglaura hemistoma is a small trachymedusa jellyfish in the hydrozoan group. It is a holoplanktonic species, meaning that...

Tiny Pelagic Bioluminescent Hydrozoa

6.7 Fair

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Crossota millsae

Crossota millsae is a species of hydromedusa, a medusa-stage hydrozoan, in the family Crossotidae. It is known from deep...

Pelagic Red Deep Sea Bioluminescent

6.7 Fair

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Aeginura grimaldii

Aeginura grimaldii is a deep-sea narcomedusa in the hydrozoan family Aeginidae. It has been reported from the northeaste...

Pelagic Deep Sea Predatory Hydrozoa

6.5 Fair

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Solmaris leucostyla

Solmaris leucostyla is a hydrozoan jellyfish in the family Solmarisidae and order Narcomedusae. Narcomedusae are a disti...

Transparent Small Pelagic Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Cunina peregrina

Cunina peregrina is a narcomedusa, a group of hydrozoan jellyfish that live primarily in the open ocean. During early de...

Pelagic Rare Parasitic Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Pegantha triloba

A narcomedusa with a distinctive three-lobed bell found in mesopelagic oceanic waters, belonging to family Solmarisidae...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Hydrozoa

6.3 Fair

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Liriope eurypta

A small oceanic trachymedusa found in warm seas worldwide, closely related to Liriope tetraphylla and distinguished by i...

Small Pelagic Tropical Hydrozoa

6.2 Fair