Rhizophysa filiformis

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]

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[1]
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

Habitat and distribution

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