Bathyphysa conifera

Bathyphysa conifera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Rhizophysidae
Genus: Bathyphysa
Species:
B. conifera
Binomial name
Bathyphysa conifera
Studer, 1878
Synonyms
  • Bathyphysa grimaldi
  • Bathyphysa grimaldii Bedot 1893
  • Pterophysa grandis Fewkes 1886
  • Rhizophysa conifera Studer 1878

Bathyphysa conifera, sometimes called the flying spaghetti monster, is a bathypelagic species of siphonophore in the family Rhizophysidae. It is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Southwestern Africa and California.

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