Re: REQ: Portuguese Man-o-war

Query: Siphonophore

Result: 10^th of 34

Subject:	Re: REQ: Portuguese Man-o-war
Poster:	Martin Kramer (mkramer@wxs.nl)

MKramer-PortugueseMan-of-war2-Jellyfish-FloatingSeaSurface-Closeup.jpg

File size : 24332 bytes File date : 1998:02:26 09:00:00 Resolution: 480x360 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 22:04:08 GMT

Re: REQ: Portuguese Man-o-war

Michael Rohdin wrote:

>I'm looking for photos of these or other tentacly jellyfish things. I'd
>appreciate any anyone might have.

This is one I saw and photographed at the Azores some years ago

Martin Kramer

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

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.

Comments

Guest
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.

Siphonophore
10/34

^o^ Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones ^o^