A resident of Eilat, Yakir Asraf, documented the siphonophora in a bay in the city: "I noticed a tiny creature full of arms" • Each group consists of hundreds of small creatures moving as one body
Siphonophora
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Dear Asraf
Yakir Asraf, a diver and underwater photographer from Eilat, managed to document while diving in a bay in the city, a production called "Siphonophora", from the group of burners (which also includes the jellyfish and corals).
Photo: Yakir Asraf
Yakir says that he went diving in the Gulf of Eilat when he encountered the stunning and special production.
"Sunrise time, Katsa beach, the sun's rays begin to penetrate the water and I notice a small, shimmering object underwater, I swim towards it gently and thrilled to discover a tiny creature full of arms moving along with the current and enjoying the sun penetrating its transparent body," he said.
According to Yakir, although it seems at first glance that this is one creature, in fact it is a colony in which each member has undergone an internship for a particular function: swimming, food capture, protection and reproduction.
The components of the colony are called zoids.
The Siphonophora, a series of invertebrates from the Hydra class, distant relatives of the jellyfish.
Like them, they float on the currents of the seas and oceans and have arms that contain venom.
Each siphonopra consists of hundreds of small creatures that form huge floating colonies and all move as one body.
