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 Though it derives from an outdated name for this lineage, some...
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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:...
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polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrophores (Porpitidae), and pink-hearted hydroids (Tubularia). Most hydrozoan...
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injury. Medusae and complex swimming colonies such as siphonophores and chondrophores sense tilt and acceleration by means of statocysts, chambers lined with...
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Simon Conway Morris in 1993. A reflective shield recalls the float of chondrophore hydrozoans. Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian...
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(1988). "An alternative interpretation of the Ediacaran (Precambrian) chondrophore Chondroplon (Wade)". Alcheringa. 12 (4): 315–318. doi:10.1080/03115518808619130...
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Chondrophora, which is a group of cnidarians that also includes Velella. The chondrophores are similar to the better-known siphonophores, which includes the Portuguese...
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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...
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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...
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hanging from the underside for foraging (e.g. Portuguese man o' war, chondrophores and the buoy barnacle). They only move around via passive locomotion...
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