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Definition of Physalia

Physalia
Physalia Phy*sa"li*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bladder, fr. ? a bellows.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war. Note: It has a large air sac, or float, with a sail-like crest on its upper side. Numerous zooids of different kinds are attached to the under side of the float. Some of the zooids have very long tentacles; some have a mouth and digest food; others produce gonophores. The American species (Physalia arethusa) is brilliantly colored, the float being pink or purple, and bright blue; the zooids blue. It is noted for its virulent stinging powers, as well as for its beautiful colors, graceful motions, and its ability to sail to windward.

Meaning of Physalia from wikipedia

- The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian...
- Physalia is a genus of the order Siphonophorae, colonies of four specialized polyps and medusoids that drift on the surface of the Atlantic, Indian and...
- (Craspedacusta sowerbyi), freshwater polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrop****s (Porpitidae), and pink-hearted hydroids (Tubularia)...
- 9″N 65°58′52.8″W / 39.636083°N 65.981333°W / 39.636083; -65.981333 Physalia Seamount (National Monument) 39°48′18.3″N 66°52′45.6″W / 39.805083°N...
- better-known siphonop****s, which includes the Portuguese man o' war, or Physalia physalis. Although it is superficially similar to a jellyfish, each apparent...
- Physalia physalis, Portuguese man o' war, is a dioecious colonial marine animal; the reproductive medusae within the colony are all of the same ****....
- Specifically, the blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia utriculus), stinging marine siphonop****s resembling jellyfish and known...
- caused by Chiropsalmus quadrum**** and four by the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). All these stings were linear in nature, causing both intense...
- transportation; such animals are vagile but not motile. The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) lives at the surface of the ocean. The gas-filled bladder, or...
- is a suborder of siphonop****s. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera. In ****anese, it is called 嚢泳 (Nōei)...