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[ link to local21news.com (secure)] The Schmidt Ocean Institute's expedition has found a giant siphonophore which is closely related to a jellyfish.
This creature could be the largest ever recorded though.
It has an outer "ring" that measures about 154 feet.
Scientists say the animal is made up of millions of interconnected clones, and they all have different jobs in the colony. [ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Siphonophorae (from Greek siphon tube' + pherein 'to bear'[2]) is an order of Hydrozoans, a class of marine organisms belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains 175 species.
Although a siphonophore may appear to be an individual organism, each specimen is in fact a colonial organism composed of medusoid and polypoid zooids that are morphologically and functionally specialized.[4] Zooids are multicellular units that develop from a single fertilized egg and combine to create functional colonies able to reproduce, digest, float, maintain body positioning, and use jet propulsion to move.[5] Most colonies are long, thin, transparent floaters living in the pelagic zone.[6]
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