Praya dubia
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Praya dubia, the giant siphonophore, lives in the mesopelagic zone to bathypelagic zone at 700 m to 1,000 m below sea level. It has been found off the coasts around the world, from Iceland in the Nort
Praya dubia
Siphonophore
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Siphonophores are cnidarian animals of the hydrozoan order Siphonophorae. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains 194 species described thus far.
Praya dubia
…has been found off the coasts around the world, from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Chile in the South Pacific. Praya dubia is a member of the order Siphonophorae within the class Hydrozoa. With a body length of up to 50 m (160 ft), it is the second-longest sea organism after the bootlace worm or the longest sea…
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