The chondrophores or porpitids are a small group of hydrozoans in the family Porpitidae. Though it derives from an outdated name for this lineage, some...

war washed up on a beach They are often found ashore in large groups Chondrophore Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris, France:...

polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrophores (Porpitidae), and pink-hearted hydroids (Tubularia). Most hydrozoan...

injury. Medusae and complex swimming colonies such as siphonophores and chondrophores sense tilt and acceleration by means of statocysts, chambers lined with...

Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans. Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian...

(1988). "An alternative interpretation of the Ediacaran (Precambrian) chondrophore Chondroplon (Wade)". Alcheringa. 12 (4): 315–318. doi:10.1080/03115518808619130...

Chondrophora, which is a group of cnidarians that also includes Velella. The chondrophores are similar to the better-known siphonophores, which includes the Portuguese...

and oval or fusiform. It is sculptured with fine concentric lines, the chondrophore (pit to which the internal ligament is attached) points to the posterior...

since its discovery in 1801 and naming by Haeckel in 1888. Being in the chondrophore group, it is likely that its behaviour is similar to the other species...

hanging from the underside for foraging (e.g. Portuguese man o' war, chondrophores and the buoy barnacle). They only move around via passive locomotion...