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Portugal · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), despite its name, is not native specifically to Portugal but is what kind of organism?
Answer: A siphonophore — a colonial organism composed of specialised individual zooids — The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a jellyfish — a colony of four types of polyps each specialised for flotation, feeding, reproduction, and defence, drifting on ocean currents.
- A A siphonophore — a colonial organism composed of specialised individual zooids ✓
- B A true jellyfish
- C A floating sea slug
- D A colonial sea anemone
The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a jellyfish — a colony of four types of polyps each specialised for flotation, feeding, reproduction, and defence, drifting on ocean currents.