Taxonomic redescription of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae, Cystonectae) from Brazil

Although Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) is widely known from the Brazilian waters, specimens from this coast were never properly described. We describe Brazilian specimens of P. physalis including information on morphology, cnidome, SEM, and histological studies. Taxonomical issues concerning the development of the colonies and eventual synonymy with Physalia utriculus (La Martiniere, 1787) are also added.

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Iheringia Serie Zoologia

• Publication date

  2007-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/S0073-47212007000400011
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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