sea creature 1. Bathyphysa conifera
Bathyphysa conifera, sometimes called the flying spaghetti monster, is a bathypelagic[4] species of siphonophore in the family Rhizophysidae.
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Siphonophorae
Family:
Rhizophysidae
Genus:
Bathyphysa
Species:
B. conifera
The B. sibogae is a cystonect siphonophore, meaning that there are no nectosomes. (See more about this in our “What is a Siphonophore?” post.) This animal moves by extending and retracting the stem and pneumatophore. The main ‘body’ of the animal is a writhing mass of thick appendages. It appears as though they get more mature the farther down the stem they go. These ‘arms’ are called siphons. We are still speculating as to what these arms can do.
According to the Siboga Expedition, the pneumatocyst (sack of carbon monoxide in the pneumatophore) is silvery, reflective and clearly visible. This is seemingly the case in the Angola ROV footage. The pneumatophore in the video is more yellowish and golden rather than silvery. Observed beneath the pneumatocyst were very underdeveloped hypocystic (high-po-sis-tic) villi (hairs that connect to the stem) that connected the pneumatocyst to the pneumatophore wall. This leads us to believe that the Siboga specimens were juvenile, not having a fully developed pneumatophore.
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