© 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.