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physalia's Usage Examples:

The Hydrozoa comprise the hydroids, so abundant on all shores, most of which resemble vegetable organisms to the unassisted eye; the hydrocorallines, which, as their name implies, have a massive stony skeleton and resemble corals; the jelly-fishes so called; and the Siphonophora, of which the species best known by repute is the so-called "Portuguese man-of-war" (Physalia), dreaded by sailors on account of its terrible stinging powers.

Physalia, known commonly as the Portuguese man-of-war, is remarkable for its great size, its brilliant colours, and its terrible stinging powers.

The Physalina comprise the families Physalidae and Epibulidae, of which the types are Physalia (figs.

Physalia, general view, diagrammatic; B, cormidium of Physalia; D, palpon; T, palpacle; G, siphon; GP, gonopalpon; M d', male gonophore; M y, female gonophore, ultimately set free.

In forms with a compact coenosarc such as Velella, Physalia, 'c., the separate cormidia cannot be sharply distinguished, and such a condition is described technically as one with " scattered " cormidia.

physalia's Meaning':

Portuguese man-of-war