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This article is about the marine invertebrates Portuguese Man or war. . For other uses, see Man O 'War Portuguese Man or war. Portuguese Man O 'War

Science classification

Kingdom:
Animalia

Phylum:
Cnidaria

Class:
Hydrozoa

Order:
Siphonophora

Family:
Physaliidae

Genre:
Physalia

Species:
P Portuguese Man or war. Physalis

Binomial name

Physalia physalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Portuguese Man O 'War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or man of war is thinking As a of jellyfish, but is actually a siphonophore-a colony of polyps and specialized medusoids Portuguese Man or War.
A similar group of animals are the Portuguese Man chondrophores or War.

Structure
The Man O 'War' s floating is bilateral Simétricas with tentacles at one end, while the chondrophores are radially symmetrical with the sail at an angle or Portuguese man of war. Also, Man O 'War is a siphon, while the Portuguese not chondrophores Man or War.
The Portuguese Man O' War has an air bladder, known as the pneumatophore or browsing, which lets you float in the Portuguese Man of the ocean surface or war. It has no means of propulsion and is pushed by the winds and the current war or Portuguese Man. The candle is filled with air, but they can build a high concentration of carbon dioxide (up 90%) or Portuguese Man War. The bladder should be kept moist to ensure survival over time that can shoot a little to wet the surface of the Portuguese Man Float or war. To escape an area of attack, the pneumatophore be allowed to man deflated O 'War to submerge briefly Portuguese Man or War.
Below the main body dangle long tentacles, sometimes reaching ten meters (33 feet) in length From below the surface, but one meter (three feet) is the average of Man or Portuguese War. They bite and kill small sea creatures such as small fish and shrimp using poison filled nematocysts then remove the dam in the gastrozooids, another type of polyps that surrounds them and digest its Portuguese Man or war. Gonozooids are responsible for the reproduction or Portuguese Man War.

Venom
The bite of the tentacles is dangerous to humans; these bites have been responsible for several deaths, but usually only causes unbearable pain Portuguese Man or war. Independent specimens and tentacles that reach earth, can burn just as painfully as the creature intact in the water for weeks after his detachment Portuguese Man or war. The poison can travel to the lymph nodes, and can lead, depending on the amount of venom, more intense pain or Portuguese Man war. In extreme cases, care is needed or Portuguese Man War.
Research suggests that the best treatment for a bite is to apply hot water (45 ° C/113 ° F) to the affected area, which relieves pain of a bite Toxins or denaturing Portuguese War. Ice Man is also effective to suppress pain by reducing the activity of toxins and reducing the sensation of pain, and therefore the area of skin around ice or Portuguese Man war. In addition, the ice restricts blood vessels, which reduces the rate at which the poison travels to other parts of the body or Portuguese Man War.
The Portuguese Man O 'War is often confused with a jellyfish, which is not OK, and can lead to improper treatment of stings, given that the poison is different Portuguese Man or war. A second bite can lead to an allergic reaction or Portuguese Man War.

Predators
The Loggerhead Turtle, which apparently is immune from Man O 'War toxins, it is commonly seen in the feeding of Man O' War Portuguese Male or War.
The sea slug Glaucus atlanticus also feeds on the Man O 'War or Portuguese Man War.

Etymology
The Portuguese Man O' War (called caravela-Portuguese Portuguese) is the name of your air Bladder, which is similar to the sails of the struggle against Portuguese vessel (Man of the war) Caravela round (armed caravel candles 4), 14 and 15 centuries or Portuguese Man War.

Footnotes

1. ^ Grzimek, B Portuguese Man or war., N Portuguese Man or war. Schlager & D Portuguese Man or war. Olendorf 2003 Man Portuguese or war. Grzimek 's Encyclopedia of Life Animal Man or Portuguese War. Thomson Gale Portuguese Man or War.
2. ^ Loten C, B Stokes, D Worsley, Seymour J, S Jiang, Isbistergk G (2006) or Portuguese Man War. "A randomized controlled trial of warm water (45 degrees C) immersion versus ice packs for pain relief in bluebottle stings" or Portuguese Man War. Med J Aust 184 (7): 329-33 Portuguese Man or war. PMID 16584366 Portuguese Man or war.
3. ^ Brodie: Venomous animals, Western Publishing Company 1989

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