#siphonophore a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
supertype: #hydrozoan__hydroid colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
member of: #order_Siphonophora
subtype: #nanomia small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey
subtype: #Portuguese_man-of-war__man-of-war__jellyfish large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
subtype: #praya colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
subtype: #apolemia large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long
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