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A siphonophore documented at 1,250 meters deep in the Mar del Plata Canyon.ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-otherworldly-deep-sea-images-from-2025/

#photography
#MarineLife
#siphonophore

A siphonophore documented at 1,250 meters deep in the Mar del Plata Canyon.ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-otherworldly-deep-sea-images-from-2025/

#photography
#MarineLife
#siphonophore

A #siphonophore documented at 1,250 meters deep in the Mar del Plata Canyon.

ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC)

#photography
#MarineLife

A #siphonophore documented at 1,250 meters deep in the Mar del Plata Canyon.

ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute (CC BY-NC)

#photography
#MarineLife

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

"After more than 200 years of controversy, genomics has finally started to address the mystery of whether the Portuguese man o’ war is one species or many."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography #ecology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species-7a480d991113

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

"After more than 200 years of controversy, genomics has finally started to address the mystery of whether the Portuguese man o’ war is one species or many."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography #ecology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species-7a480d991113

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

"After more than 200 years of controversy, genomics has finally started to address the mystery of whether the Portuguese man o’ war is one species or many."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography #ecology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species-7a480d991113

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

"After more than 200 years of controversy, genomics has finally started to address the mystery of whether the Portuguese man o’ war is one species or many."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography #ecology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species-7a480d991113

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

"After more than 200 years of controversy, genomics has finally started to address the mystery of whether the Portuguese man o’ war is one species or many."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography #ecology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species-7a480d991113

Day 11 #SciArtSeptember prompt venomous: my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertebrates #siphonophore #sciart #mastoArt

Day 11 #SciArtSeptember prompt venomous: my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertebrates #siphonophore #sciart #mastoArt

I thought I’d submit a print to the Pressing Matters Blue & Pink challenge: my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertebrates #siphonophore #mastoArt

I thought I’d submit a print to the Pressing Matters Blue & Pink challenge: my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertebrates #siphonophore #mastoArt

A pea-sized #Argonaut octopus rides atop a stinging #siphonophore through the nighttime open ocean.
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Shot several miles off West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
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#papernautilus #nautilus #cephalopod #plankton #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #octopus

A pea-sized #Argonaut octopus rides atop a stinging #siphonophore through the nighttime open ocean.
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Shot several miles off West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
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#papernautilus #nautilus #cephalopod #plankton #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #octopus

Day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar: made for #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea, printed in blues, turquoise, violet and pink on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #MastoArt

Day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar: made for #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea, printed in blues, turquoise, violet and pink on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #MastoArt

For Blobfest #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1664787693

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024

For Blobfest #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1664787693

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024

Forscher entdecken unbekannten Unterwasserberg im Pazifik: 3109 Meter hoch, 70 km² groß. Expedition des Schmidt Ocean Institute findet vielfältige Meeresfauna, darunter eine #Siphonophore, die dem Fliegenden #Spaghettimonster ähnelt. https://winfuture.de/news,144949.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Forscher entdecken unbekannten Unterwasserberg im Pazifik: 3109 Meter hoch, 70 km² groß. Expedition des Schmidt Ocean Institute findet vielfältige Meeresfauna, darunter eine #Siphonophore, die dem Fliegenden #Spaghettimonster ähnelt. https://winfuture.de/news,144949.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

For #PrinterSolstice prompt analogous colours I made linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024 #MastoArt

For #PrinterSolstice prompt analogous colours I made linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024 #MastoArt

Working on my next #PrinterSolstice print for the prompt analogous colours - a Portuguese man o’ war in turquoise, blue & violet. A beautiful #siphonophore translucent & floating, neither a jellyfish nor in fact a single animal, but a colonial organism made up of genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. It’s filled with venomous microscope nematocysts which can kill fish & even occasionally a person.

#linocut #printmaking #portugueseManOWar #blueBottle #invertebrate

Working on my next #PrinterSolstice print for the prompt analogous colours - a Portuguese man o’ war in turquoise, blue & violet. A beautiful #siphonophore translucent & floating, neither a jellyfish nor in fact a single animal, but a colonial organism made up of genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. It’s filled with venomous microscope nematocysts which can kill fish & even occasionally a person.

#linocut #printmaking #portugueseManOWar #blueBottle #invertebrate

Today’s #megafauna is the Portuguese man o’ war. Although it is often mistaken for a #jellyfish, the man-o-war is actually a #siphonophore, composed of multiple, genetically distinct, individual polyps. One of these polyps is the gas-filled float, which projects above the surface of the water and helps the man o' war float through the #oceans. This purple-blue float apparently resembles the wind-filled #sail of the 18th century warship from which the man o' war gets its name. When the man o' war encounters a threat on the ocean’s surface, this float can temporarily deflate to escape.

Beneath the surface, three more polyps are attached to the float. One of these polyps digests food for the entire colony, another handles the man o' war’s sexual reproduction, and the third forms its #tentacles. These tentacles are, on average, 30 feet long, but can reach lengths up to 165 feet. They aid the man o' war in hunting by delivering a poison that paralyzes or kills smaller fish and sea creatures. The tentacles’ muscles then transport the unmoving prey upwards to the digestive polyp. For humans, the tentacles’ sting is incredibly painful–and it can be delivered even after the man o' war dies and washes ashore. Human deaths from man o' war stings are very rare, and usually involve allergic reactions or cardiac events.

Although the stinging tentacles protect the man-o-war from many threats, it does have some natural predators. Sunfish and loggerhead turtles, which also eat jellyfish, are common predators. Several species use the man o' wars tentacles for their own defenses: the blanket octopus attaches man o' war tentacles to their own, and blue sea dragons store the man o' wars' poison-delivering nematocysts for later use.

With no propulsive anatomy, man o' wars drift through the ocean with no control over their own location. Changes in wind and current patterns can drastically alter the distribution of this species from year to year. They are often found floating together in groups which can number in the thousands. Man o' wars are distributed throughout the warmer areas of Earth’s oceans–and rising temperatures are allowing them to survive in a larger range, with specimens washing ashore as far north as #Canada and #Scotland.

Today’s #megafauna is the Portuguese man o’ war. Although it is often mistaken for a #jellyfish, the man-o-war is actually a #siphonophore, composed of multiple, genetically distinct, individual polyps. One of these polyps is the gas-filled float, which projects above the surface of the water and helps the man o' war float through the #oceans. This purple-blue float apparently resembles the wind-filled #sail of the 18th century warship from which the man o' war gets its name. When the man o' war encounters a threat on the ocean’s surface, this float can temporarily deflate to escape.

Beneath the surface, three more polyps are attached to the float. One of these polyps digests food for the entire colony, another handles the man o' war’s sexual reproduction, and the third forms its #tentacles. These tentacles are, on average, 30 feet long, but can reach lengths up to 165 feet. They aid the man o' war in hunting by delivering a poison that paralyzes or kills smaller fish and sea creatures. The tentacles’ muscles then transport the unmoving prey upwards to the digestive polyp. For humans, the tentacles’ sting is incredibly painful–and it can be delivered even after the man o' war dies and washes ashore. Human deaths from man o' war stings are very rare, and usually involve allergic reactions or cardiac events.

Although the stinging tentacles protect the man-o-war from many threats, it does have some natural predators. Sunfish and loggerhead turtles, which also eat jellyfish, are common predators. Several species use the man o' wars tentacles for their own defenses: the blanket octopus attaches man o' war tentacles to their own, and blue sea dragons store the man o' wars' poison-delivering nematocysts for later use.

With no propulsive anatomy, man o' wars drift through the ocean with no control over their own location. Changes in wind and current patterns can drastically alter the distribution of this species from year to year. They are often found floating together in groups which can number in the thousands. Man o' wars are distributed throughout the warmer areas of Earth’s oceans–and rising temperatures are allowing them to survive in a larger range, with specimens washing ashore as far north as #Canada and #Scotland.

i had to move instances & haven't been on here in ages so... hi, let me do an #intro
my name is beau, or boogie. i like: #reading, korean music, cop dramas (acab tho), true crime (not in a weird way), #jellyfish, #frogs, #bats #siphonophore and davinci.
i am #audhd, mentally ill & recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome which is somewhat annoying as at this very moment my entire arm is hurting because i am holding my phone.
anyway, nice to meet you.

i had to move instances & haven't been on here in ages so... hi, let me do an #intro
my name is beau, or boogie. i like: #reading, korean music, cop dramas (acab tho), true crime (not in a weird way), #jellyfish, #frogs, #bats #siphonophore and davinci.
i am #audhd, mentally ill & recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome which is somewhat annoying as at this very moment my entire arm is hurting because i am holding my phone.
anyway, nice to meet you.

Encountered this man o' war some days ago walking the beach by Te Henga.
Not that #manowar. We need some #siphonophorespondence amirite?! 🧐😁🤟
#aotearoa #NZ #siphonophore