Portuguese man o' war (redirect from Physalia physalis)
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian...
50 KB (5,028 words) - 15:58, 20 December 2024
monotypic, consisting of only one genus, Physalia. The genus is also monotypic, containing only P. physalis. There is a long history of the genus being...
3 KB (347 words) - 14:19, 1 November 2024
Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)...
32 KB (3,546 words) - 18:49, 2 December 2024
sowerbyi), freshwater polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrophores (Porpitidae), and pink-hearted hydroids (Tubularia)...
17 KB (1,866 words) - 11:45, 21 December 2024
suborder of siphonophores. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera. In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 (Nōei). The...
3 KB (172 words) - 13:04, 1 January 2024
"Observations on the Commensal Relationship of Nomeus gronovii with Physalia physalis". Copeia. 1983 (1): 250–252. doi:10.2307/1444723. JSTOR 1444723.{{cite...
7 KB (756 words) - 17:41, 28 November 2024
known to prey on the dangerously venomous Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), the by-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella), the blue button (Porpita...
19 KB (1,957 words) - 22:34, 30 November 2024
by Chiropsalmus quadrumanus and four by the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). All these stings were linear in nature, causing both intense pain...
94 KB (11,078 words) - 21:15, 16 December 2024
better-known siphonophores, which includes the Portuguese man o' war, or Physalia physalis. Although it is superficially similar to a jellyfish, each apparent...
11 KB (1,123 words) - 15:51, 12 November 2024
siphonophores. The Australian bluebottle is Physalia utriculus or Pacific man o'war (not to be confused with Physalia physalis), belongs to the phylum Cnidaria,...
66 KB (7,182 words) - 07:25, 12 November 2024
such animals are vagile but not motile. The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) lives at the surface of the ocean. The gas-filled bladder, or pneumatophore...
78 KB (8,879 words) - 20:25, 8 December 2024
Physalia physalis, Portuguese man o' war, is a dioecious colonial marine animal; the reproductive medusae within the colony are all of the same sex....
27 KB (2,755 words) - 11:54, 21 December 2024
"Lion's Mane" made famous by Sherlock Holmes) or the siphonophore Physalia physalis (Portuguese man o' war, "Bluebottle") can cause extremely painful...
24 KB (2,866 words) - 23:33, 30 September 2024
Clark, F. E.; C. E. Lane (1961). "Composition of float gases of Physalia physalis". Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine...
28 KB (3,440 words) - 12:43, 20 November 2024
inject venom. Some hydrozoans, including the Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) Some sea anemones Some corals Several species of sea urchins are...
18 KB (1,667 words) - 01:41, 11 December 2024
attain lengths of 40–50 m (130–160 ft). The Portuguese man o' war's (Physalia physalis) tentacles can attain a length of up to 50 m (160 ft). On 6 April...
169 KB (16,662 words) - 19:57, 19 December 2024
Octocorallia) Box jellyfish Carybdea branchi (Cubozoa) Siphonophore Physalia physalis (Hydrozoa) Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa) Polypodium hydriforme (Polypodiozoa)...
86 KB (9,294 words) - 03:42, 5 December 2024
the dangerous jellyfish-like hydrozoan, the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Hawksbills close their unprotected eyes when they feed on these...
53 KB (5,321 words) - 09:38, 19 December 2024
by-the-wind sailor, Velella velella, and the Portuguese man o' war, Physalia physalis. J. janthina is a member of the family Janthinidae, snails that trap...
9 KB (665 words) - 20:47, 17 March 2024
species: the pelagic siphonophore known as the Portuguese Man o' War, Physalia physalis. Diverticulum (mollusc), Diverticula are the outgrowths of the digestive...
3 KB (302 words) - 22:56, 3 December 2023
cross-reactivity (an allergic reaction) if later stung by Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) or sea nettles (Chrysaora). There is one known case where a sting...
28 KB (3,051 words) - 21:34, 7 December 2024
by Chiropsalmus quadrumanus and four by the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). All these stings were linear in nature, causing both intense pain...
8 KB (861 words) - 08:49, 16 December 2024
Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) List of cutaneous conditions Skin condition Stingray injury Sea anemone...
13 KB (1,411 words) - 18:32, 13 December 2024
jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri and Thysanostoma loriferum), siphonophores (Physalia physalis and Porpita porpita), anemones (Heteractis magnifica), coral (Acropora...
42 KB (4,677 words) - 10:57, 20 December 2024
soothe stings, such as from biting midges or Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). "Carpobrotus glaucescens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11...
6 KB (564 words) - 01:02, 9 February 2024
quinquecirrha (Atlantic sea nettle) Cyanea capillata (lion's mane jellyfish) Physalia physalis (Portuguese man o'war) Alcyonium digitatum (dead man's fingers coral)...
14 KB (1,145 words) - 22:50, 24 October 2024
D. (2009). "Hydrodynamics of sailing of the Portuguese man-of-war Physalia physalis". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 6 (36): 613–626. doi:10...
97 KB (8,461 words) - 18:38, 20 November 2024
(Natural History) April 1960 pp. 301–408 Plates VII - XXVIII Studies on Physalia physalis (L.) Part I. Natural History and Morphology Part II. Behaviour and...
30 KB (354 words) - 22:49, 5 November 2024
Rhetus arcius Mastigoproctus colombianus Psammodesmus bryophorus giant ramshorn snail Marisa cornuarietis Portuguese man o' war Physalia physalis sea slug...
38 KB (1,152 words) - 02:00, 13 October 2024
pinnata does not feed on the siphonophore Physalia physalis (see also Bayer 1963), but some authors mention Physalia as its prey. The stadium of the veliger...
43 KB (4,915 words) - 21:56, 11 November 2024