🪼Portuguese man o' war
The Portuguese man o' war, also known as the man-of-war, bluebottle, or sometimes called Caravela Portuguesa, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. While it is typically considered the only species in its genus, Physalia, and family, Physaliidae, genetic evidence suggests there may be more.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Physalia physalis yet.
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Everything we know about the Portuguese man o' war
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumCnidaria
- ›classHydrozoa
- ›orderSiphonophorae
- ›familyPhysaliidae
- ›genusPhysalia
- ›speciesPhysalia physalis
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- suborderCystonectae
- familyPhysaliidae
- genusPhysalia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- classHydrozoa
- subclassHydroidolina
- orderSiphonophorae
- suborderCystonectae
- familyPhysaliidae
- genusPhysalia
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