A diver had a highly unusual encounter off the coast of Las Palmas, the largest city in the Canary Islands. At a depth of eight meters, he came across an alien-like creature, a so-called pyrosome.

These creatures are not just single organisms but rather a colony of specialized, self-replicating units called zooids, which work together as a single entity. Virmani described the image of the ...

These creatures are not just single organisms but rather a colony of specialized, self-replicating units called zooids, which work together as a single entity.Virmani described the image of the ...

A siphonophore (order Siphonophorae) is a colony of genetically identical polyps, or zooids, that acts like one organism. Each zooid performs a function essential to the survival of the whole ...

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