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Portuguese Man-O-War

Physalia Utriculus

2 Species ID Suggestions

Portuguese Man o' War
Physalia physalis Portuguese Man o' War
Neil Ross
Neil Ross 4 years ago
Australian Bluebottle (aka Indo-Pacific Man o'War)
Physalia utriculus Bluebottle - The Australian Museum


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7 Comments

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 4 years ago

Awesome. They're pretty amazing animals.

TakaJNozaki
TakaJNozaki 4 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion. It made sense.

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 4 years ago

Physalia physalis doesn't occur in Australian waters. This spotting is Physalia utriculus.

JennaD.
JennaD. 12 years ago

These are wonderful I saw them everywhere washed up in December. They're also called blue bottles.

TakaJNozaki
TakaJNozaki 13 years ago

@animaisfotos
Thank you for the scientific name!

TakaJNozaki
TakaJNozaki 13 years ago

Yeah they are pretty but deadly

peter
peter 13 years ago

Really cool!

TakaJNozaki
Spotted by
TakaJNozaki

NSW, Australia

Spotted on Feb 20, 2011
Submitted on Feb 20, 2011

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