Plankton Portal Talk

Could these be siphonophores?

  • kirstenr by kirstenr

    I have seen a lot of these now; and although they look like they are just trails of mucus, I am wondering if they could be a different type of siphonophore that we don't have a category for?

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator in response to Kirsten A. Rohrbach's comment.

    I don't think so.

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  • kirstenr by kirstenr

    Maybe they're just a weird angle on rocket ship siphos. Look at this image when compared with the above:

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  • jo.irisson by jo.irisson translator, scientist

    My guess is that these are detached tentacles of some kind (of medusa, siphos, etc.). They are still stingy and sticky so they accumulate cruft but they are not connected to a living animal anymore which would "eat" the stuff glued on them.

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