© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Portuguese Man O’ War (Physalia physalis) also known as the blue bubble, blue bottle, man-of-war, or the Portuguese man of war, is commonly but erroneously thought of as a jellyfish In fact, it is not a single animal, but rather a siphonophore – a colony of four kinds of minute, highly modified individuals, which are specialized polyps and medusoids[1].- Wikipedia
Amazing! Sending link to Newton…
Internet is down 🙁
Beautiful! And nasty.
Are these all shots of the same organism?
Two organisms on the beach. Never knew these were symbionts.
Frank – thanks for the comment and link. Wow – I remember my daughter getting stung by a jellyfish off Prince Edward Island. Your non-jellyfish blue bubble sure looks pretty basking in the sun.