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Physalia physalis   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Portuguese man o'war
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Physalia physalis

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Siphonophorae | Physaliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Tropical; 55°N - 40°S (Ref. 128917)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species is found in pleuston areas (Ref. 83914).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 29).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 128917)

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.