Talk:Siphonophora
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siphonophora are closely related to jelly fish. they attract other fish by using these red lights on the ends of their tenicles..apparently they look like small red fish that other fishes eat. this is how they attract their prey. they come in all shapes and sizes
Should http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophera be merged in with this article?
[edit] copied from website
Parts of this article are copied verbatim from http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/hydrozoa/sipho/siphonophora.htm
[edit] Someone with expertise please explain scientific importance
I tried, but I really was only repeating what I read elsewhere.
[edit] Resolved self-contradiction
An explanation of my edit: previously stated in one sentence "Each zooid is an individual" and in the next "Thus it is debatable whether zooids or siphonophora are individuals." As I understand it, the 'individual' has many current definitions in biology depending on viewpoint, and both zooid and colony can be seen as individuals depending on your precise definition. The real debate is whether siphonophores are truly colonial or multicellular (see Colony (biology) for definitions.) I've not attempted to decide on this - I'm a medic, not a marine biologist - but have reworded accordingly. Feel free to disagree! Dr Almost 05:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
