Cnidarian · siphonophore

Ningaloo giant siphonophore

Apolemia sp.

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic A single ocean

Depth

Filmed at around 630 m depth

Size

About 46 m long

Diet

Small crustaceans and small fish

Zone

Twilight zone · 200 – 1,000 m

Key facts

• Filmed in 2020 off Western Australia, it may be the longest animal ever observed.
• It is not a single animal but a colony of many small individuals, each with a job: swimming, eating...
• It was coiled in a giant spiral, like a UFO floating in the water.
• It hunts like a jellyfish, with stinging tentacles that paralyze its prey.

Verified sources

1. Schmidt Ocean Institute, New species discovered off Ningaloo
2. Schmidt Ocean Institute, Creature report: siphonophores
3. EarthSky, Longest ocean animal ever recorded

In the game: Mild danger: stings

In the same zone

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