Porpita porpita, or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of...
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Porpita is genus of hydrozoans in the family Porpitidae. It has two species recognized and is the type genus of its family. Porpita is in the phylum Cnidaria...
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Porpita prunella is a marine species of hydrozoan organisms within the family Porpitidae. It consists of colonies of zooids. Very little is known about...
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synonym to 'porpitid' in discussions of the two genera contained therein, Porpita and Velella. They all live at the surface of the open ocean, and are colonies...
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physalis), the by-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella), the blue button (Porpita porpita), and the violet snail, Janthina janthina. Occasionally, individuals...
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Chondrophora is no longer used by hydrozoan systematists.[citation needed] Porpita porpita Glaucus atlanticus Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans...
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man o' war (a.k.a. bluebottle, or Physalia utriculus), blue buttons (Porpita porpita), and the by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). The nudibranch has...
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periphylla — helmet jellyfish Porites porites — hump coral, finger coral Porpita porpita — blue button (a siphonophore) Spirorbis spirorbis — an annelid Thalassema...
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pace with the rising water and form an atoll Portuguese man o' war Porpita porpita Lion's mane jellyfish, largest known jellyfish The bioluminescence...
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"Kiseki" – 4:48 "Persinette" – 1:47 "Narva" – 0:42 "Eudaimonia" – 10:08 "Porpita" – 3:26 "Nazo No Tenkai (Ernok)" – 1:23 "Mångata" – 3:25 "Ano Yo" – 12:32...
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have pelagic larval stages. Velella and Porpita release jellyfish (medusae), and while little is known about Porpita medusae, Velella medusae could possibly...
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massed together. The 'lobes' appear to form tiers. Eoporpita's namesake is Porpita, a genus of hydrozoans in the family Porpitidae. When describing Eoporpita...
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and Thysanostoma loriferum), siphonophores (Physalia physalis and Porpita porpita), anemones (Heteractis magnifica), coral (Acropora, Pocillopora damicornis...
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Sepiola rondeleti, the Dwarf Bobtail Medusa (jellyfish) Medusa porpita - Porpita porpita Medusa cruciata Medusa aequorea Medusa aurita – Aurelia aurita...
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another colonial siphonophore, assembled from two types of zooids. Porpita porpita consists of a colony of hydroids Lion's mane jellyfish, largest known...
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Portuguese man-o-war Physalia sp. By-the-wind sailor Velella sp. Blue button Porpita sp. Flying fish from the family Exocoetidae Buoy barnacle Dosima fascicularis...
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(see also Beeman & Williams 1980) and cnidarians Velella velella and Porpita porpita. The colour of the digestive gland in the cerata changes to bright...
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Indo-Malayan Zoology 1: 245–248. Bouillon, J., 1984. Sur la méduse de Porpita porpita (Linné, 1758) (Velellidae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool....
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Stechow, 1921 (West Coast to Durban) Family Porpitidae Blue button, Porpita porpita (Port Nolloth to Mozambique, pelagic, warm waters.) By-the-wind sailor...
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absent from Victoria)(recorded as Halocordyle disticha) Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758), Porpita sailor (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread...
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1820 Pennaria pauper Kramp, 1959 – taxon inquirendum Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) – Porpita pacifica Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) Solanderia fusca...
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