Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhysalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war)
FamilyPHYSALIIDAE (portuguese men o’war)
SuborderCYSTONECTAE (an order of coelenterates)
OrderSIPHONOPHORAE (siphonophores)
SubclassHYDROIDOLINA (a subclass of coelenterates)
ClassHYDROZOA (hydroids)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war) :
1: Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war)
Lon/Lat: 0 0 Spain
washed up on a beach in the Canaries
Image 1: Washed up floats of Portuguese Man \'o War

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Marine Conservation Society Jellyfish Survey

Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O’war or Man-of-war)
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