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Rhizophysa filiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Family:	Rhizophysidae
Genus:	Rhizophysa
Species:	R. filiformis
Binomial name
	Rhizophysa filiformis; (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms
	List Epibulia (Macrosoma) mertensii Brandt, 1835 ; Galeolaria filiformis (Forsskål, 1775) ; Physsophora filiformis Forsskål, 1775 ; Pneumophysa gegenbauri Haeckel, 1888 ; Pneumophysa mertensii (Brandt, 1835) ; Rhizophysa planestoma Péron & Lesueur, 1807 ;

Rhizophysa filiformis is a species of siphonophore, a group of colonial marine organisms that are closely related to jellyfish. It belongs to the family Rhizophysidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Habitat and distribution

This species is pelagic and occurs in the western Atlantic.^[2]

Resources

^ ^a ^b "Rhizophysa filiformis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Rhizophysa filiformis". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
^ "Rhizophysa filiformis". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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[worms-1] "Rhizophysa filiformis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[:0-2] "Rhizophysa filiformis". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2024-10-25.

[3] "Rhizophysa filiformis". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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