Re: Sea Animals -- Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)

Query: Siphonophore

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Subject:	Re: Sea Animals -- Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
Poster:	Martin Kramer (mkramer@wxs.nl)

MKramer-oorlogsschip1-Portuguese Man-of-war Jellyfish.jpg

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Re: Sea Animals -- Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)

"jj" wrote:

>Please post marine animals. Thanks! -john
>

Man-of-war Jellyfish

Martin Kramer

mkramer@wxs.nl
http://home.wxs.nl/~mkramer/

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The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war, blue bottle, or floating terror, is a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or the man-of-war, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore—a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids.

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