Portuguese Man of War- Animalia Cnidaria Hydrozoa Siphonophorae
Physaliidae Physalia physalis
Indo-Pacific blue bottle- Animalia Cnidaria Hydrozoa
Siphonophorae Physaliidae Physalia utricalus
Recent molecular studies show that there are likely a handful of
physalia species, however a new complete global review of the genus
will be required to resolve the issue. Currently, the only species
recognized by both the US Interagency Taxonomic Information System
(ITIS) and World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is Physalia
physalis. However, the majority of recent scientific papers concede
that P. utricalus is a distinct species from P. physalis.
