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Portuguese Man o' War or Bluebottle

Physalia physalis

Notes:

Extremely painful when touched! Definitely not recommended... :)



2 species ID suggestions

Jellyfish
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AdamBrown
AdamBrown a year ago
Portugese Man o' War
Physalia physalis Portuguese Man o' War

4 Comments

nuria.ledezma
nuria.ledezma a year ago

Thanks Tere and Luis! Adambrown I'm pretty sure you're right, thanks a lot!

AdamBrown
AdamBrown a year ago

that may be a Portugese Man o' War......from what I've seen on other spottings.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens a year ago

Good spotting!

alfytere
alfytere a year ago

Increhible toma.

Nayarit, Mexico

Lat: 21.02, Long: -105.30

Spotted on Jul 17, 2010
Submitted on May 7, 2012

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