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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 11 years ago
Portugese Man o' War
Physalia physalis Portuguese Man o' War


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4 Comments

nuria.ledezma
nuria.ledezma 11 years ago

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

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

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

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Good spotting!

Tere R
Tere R 11 years ago

Increhible toma.

nuria.ledezma
Spotted by
nuria.ledezma

Nayarit, Mexico

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

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