<em>Ectopleura larynx</em> (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

<em>Ectopleura larynx</em>

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An Ectopleura larynx colony shows individual polyps fused together. University of Kansas scientists just discovered that these colonies will allow not only offspring to fuse, but also will allow unrelated others to join to colony.

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