Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Portuguese Man o' War
Physalia physalis
Portuguese Man o' War
Also known as: Portuguese Man-of-War
Category: Siphonophores
Scientific Name: Physalia physalis
Distribution: Circumtropical
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Medusozoa (Subphylum)
 └Hydrozoa (Class)
  └Siphonophorae (Order)
   └Physaliidae (Family)
    └Physalia (Genus)

Cnidarians
Siphonophores

Portuguese Man o' War



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