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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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Giant Phantom Jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea)

The giant phantom jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is a rarely observed deep-sea scyphozoan found in oceans around the...

Pelagic Rare Giant Deep Sea

8.8 Great

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Deepstaria enigmatica

Deepstaria enigmatica is a deep-sea jellyfish recognized by its unusually thin, broad bell, which can fold into a baglik...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Scyphozoa

8.4 Great

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Bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)

The bluebottle, commonly identified as Physalia utriculus in Indo-Pacific waters, is a colonial hydrozoan rather than a...

Australia Pacific Venomous Hydrozoa

8.3 Great

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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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Deepstaria reticulum

Deepstaria reticulum is a rarely observed deep-sea jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae. It is distinguished by a broad, ex...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Scyphozoa

7.7 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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Muggiaea atlantica

Muggiaea atlantica is a calycophoran siphonophore, a colonial hydrozoan whose specialized individual units function toge...

Colonial Atlantic Invasive Hydrozoa

7.0 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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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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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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Crossota norwegica

Crossota norwegica is a hydrozoan in the family Rhopalonematidae that lives in cold Arctic and deep ocean waters. Record...

Pelagic Arctic Deep Sea Bioluminescent

6.5 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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Rhopalonema velatum

Rhopalonema velatum is a species of trachymedusa, a free-swimming hydrozoan medusa, in the family Rhopalonematidae. It i...

Transparent Pelagic Deep Sea Hydrozoa

6.5 Fair

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Arctapodema ampla

Arctapodema ampla is a species of hydrozoan in the family Rhopalonematidae and the order Trachymedusae. The genus Arctap...

Pelagic Deep Sea Cold Water 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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Pandea conica

A deep-water anthomedusa with a distinctively tall, conical bell, found in temperate and cold oceanic waters of both the...

Pelagic Deep Sea Cold Water Hydrozoa

6.3 Fair

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Halicreas minimum

Halicreas minimum is a small hydromedusa in the hydrozoan family Halicreatidae. It inhabits the mesopelagic and bathypel...

Tiny Pelagic Deep Sea Hydrozoa

6.2 Fair

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Sminthea eurygaster

A mesopelagic trachymedusa found in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters, recognized by its broad gastric peduncle an...

Transparent Pelagic Deep Sea Hydrozoa

6.2 Fair