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Why is the Portuguese man o' war not considered a jellyfish?

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Answered Feb 28, 2019

The Atlantic Portuguese man o war also known as the man of war is a marine hydrozoan of the family Phasianidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Despite its appearance, the Portuguese man of war is not a true jellyfish but Siphonophorae, which is not a single multi-cellular organism, but a colonial organism made up of specialized individual animals, called zooids or polyps.

The Atlantic Portuguese man o war also known as the man of war is a marine hydrozoan of the family
The polyps are attached to each other and physiologically integrated, to the extent that they cannot survive independently creating a symbiotic relationship, requiring each polyp to work together and function as an individual, establishing a symbiotic relationship, requiring each polyp to work together and function as an individual animal.

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