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Portuguese Man o' War

Physalia physalis

Description:

The Red Reef Beach in Boca Raton was littered with these beauties.

Habitat:

Man-of-wars are found, sometimes in groups of 1,000 or more, floating in warm waters throughout the world's oceans.

Notes:

The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together.

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Kulifeld
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Kulifeld

Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Spotted on Feb 21, 2014
Submitted on Feb 23, 2014

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