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Portuguese Man-of-War; (Bluebottle - Physalia spp. - Hydroid) ... Then like other invertebrates and hydroids, larval Physalia reproduces itself by mitotic, asexual reproduction to yield or bud, i.e., grow, genetically identical colonial offspring within and onto itself.
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Behavior and reproduction: Portuguese men of war gather in large groups called navies. The sail on a man of war is either right-oriented or left-oriented, much as people are right-handed or left-handed. The wind moves "left-handed" men of war to the right and right-handed men of war to the left.
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The Portuguese man-of-war is a pelagic marine animal, blown about by the winds and pushed around by the currents (Sterrer 1992). They also fall ... Since the man-of-war can regenerate the tentacles, it is not harmed, and it benefits from using the fish as a lure to attract other fish to the tentacle net. Reproduction ;
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www.thecephalopodpage.org/MarineInvertebrateZoology/Phy...
www.thecephalopodpage.org/MarineInvertebrateZoology/Physaliaphysalis.html
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The Portuguese Man-of-War is found in subtropical regions in the northern Atlantic gulf stream , the pacific ocean and the Indian ocean. It is a relatively translucent polyp that is tinted either pink or blue. From the surface it looks like a closed plastic bag drifting in the water. ... This polypus function is reproduction.
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www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov07macro/man-of-war/i...
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov07macro/man-of-war/index.html
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Physalia reproduction takes place mostly in the fall. Physalia are dioecious, meaning that each “individual” is either male or female. The polyps responsible for reproduction are the gonozooids, which are comprised of gonophores; ... Portuguese Man of War, Physalia physalis...
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bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/niemi_riss/reproduction.htm
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The Portuguese Man O' War lives at the surface of the ocean, with its float above the water, serving as a sail, and the rest of the organism hanging below the surface. It has no means of propulsion, but is moved by a combination of winds, currents, and tides. ... A third type of polyp is involved in reproduction.
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www.answers.com/topic/portuguese-man-o-war
www.answers.com/topic/portuguese-man-o-war
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Web page devoted to the study of the Portuguese Man-of- War, it's diet, mating habits, characteristics. ... The weight of the Portuguese Man-of-War varies since all these organisms are different and are made up mostly of water. The float may grow up to 13 inches with the trailing tentacles sometimes reaching 190 feet...
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www.no-pest.com/Portuguese-Man-of-War.htm
www.no-pest.com/Portuguese-Man-of-War.htm
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Portuguese Man o' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Portuguese Man o' War ( Physalia physalis ), also known as the blue bubble , blue bottle , man-of-war , or the Portuguese man of war , is a jelly-like, marine invertebrate of the famil...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o'_War
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The Portuguese man-of-war is not a jellyfish; it isn’t even one animal! It is made of four polyps. These polyps are the float, the tentacles, the digestive polyp, and the reproduction polyp. These polyps depend on each other for survival. One polyp catches the food;
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