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  • Natury by Natury

    What could it be?

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator in response to Natury's comment.

    Hi @Natury,

    The thing you see in the center is a member of the #Rocket-ship_Sipho category. Their 'top' may be pointy (as the image example used in the pop-up window) or round (like this one) which depends on their species. They usually have a single long branching tentacle which may be spread widely as a fishing net while hunting. Sometimes, you can see little buds growing from the tail as their asexual reproduction. In some life stages they miss the tail as you can see in this diagram below.

    ![x](http://planktonportal.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/siphonophore_lifehistory1.jpg =550x)

    Hope this is helpful for you.

    Enjoy the classifying 😃

    Zuzi

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