This is the Porpita porpita (Blue Button).

These guys are not just one critter but a whole colony!

The original polyp is anchored to a solid substrate and forms a bud which remains attached to its parent.

https://video.nostr.build/0f51d332754a0a1750d221dd3d174a9df13a04338c80b4e1d2509d6d4dd08502.mp4

This in turn buds and in this way a stem is formed.

The arrangement of polyps and the branching of the stem is characteristic of the species.

The Blue Button looks like a jelly but is not infact a jellyfish, it is actually a chondrophore which are closely related to siphonophores (includes Portuguese man o' war).

These guys are found drifting on the surface of the ocean looking very pretty!

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