The creature 'stunningly beautiful' makes the scientific world a headache

Until now, scientists have not been able to identify Siphonophores as a species or a variety of constituent organisms.

Whales can be the largest animal in the world, but do you know, Siphonophores is arguably the most exotic animal in the world.

Siphonophores - strange creatures that make the scientific world headache

They are called by siphonophores that look like jellyfish but belong to the Cnidaria strain - a group of " hybrid " animals between coral and jellyfish and also one of the longest species in the world - about 50m.

Siphonophores have a strange beauty, which looks like the flowers of the ocean . This creature has a long, thin, transparent body, most populated in Portuguese waters.

Several other variants of Siphonophores live in deep and dark waters that are particularly orange or red .

However, the special feature of Siphonophores makes the headache of science, they are a creature or a lot of organisms. Because Siphonophores is not a solitary creature, it is a collective population of many small individuals called zooids .

Each Zooids has their own tasks (such as self-defense, reproduction, eating .) that contribute to the whole population but must rely on each other to survive and perform survival functions together.

A special feature is that although all zooids can be separated from the population, the whole siphonophores still grow from an independent egg.

. and the subspecies of Siphonophores cannot be more unique .

1. Apolemia uvaria

Apemia uvaria is often called barbed wire jellyfish , living deep in the seabed. About 3m long, 2-5cm in diameter, this creature also possesses a chain of pink and white tentacles that clump together. All tentacles are "hidden" in the front of the abdomen and will " burst" when targeting prey.

When detecting crustaceans or small fish, these tentacles glow and change color continuously to attract the enemy. As soon as the prey enters sight, the tentacles will burst, simultaneously injecting a substance into the body causing the prey to paralyze.

Another special thing about this species is that when disturbed, they become irritable by changing the color to green or blue-gray.

2. Physalia physalis

Physalia physalis is a subspecies of Siphonophores , which inhabit many tropical, subtropical regions of the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.

The animal is usually a dark green, transparent like a cellophane with a small hard sail above it that catches the wind and moves over the sea. The average size of Physalia physalis is about 9 - 30cm, when stretching up to 15cm above the water surface.

More specifically, this species is a carnivore . They hunt plankton with tentacles that contain toxins. Upon discovering their prey, Physalia physalis will approach and launch their zooids quickly and skillfully, while pulling the prey towards them. The amount of poison that this animal released is only enough to knock down prey, not enough to harm us because they cannot pass through the skin.

3. Orthocanna marrus

Marrus orthocanna is a species of pipe jellyfish - an animal consisting of a complex combination of zooids. Orthocanna marrus usually resides in Arctic waters, Arctic Ocean, Western Pacific, North Atlantic, at a depth of 200-800m under the sea.

The depth that experts found in this species is about 2,000m , with a water temperature of about 4 degrees C, it is difficult for a light from the water surface to enter their habitat.

Marrus orthocanna is between 1.8 and 2 meters long, swimming independently between the vast ocean, the body is arranged in a long pillar. One end is a floating buoy like an orange airbag.

The back of the body is the clear, red swimming bell . This bell form will help orthocanna marrus move quickly and accurately.

When the bells shrink, water is released, creating a push to help the jellyfish move further. The rhythmic coordination will help the orthocanna Marrus move forward and backward, left to right easily.