Portuguese Man-of-War

/Home//Middle School Intertidal & Coastal Food Chains/Middle Intertidal & Coastal Consumers/Middle Intertidal & Coastal Carnivores

Portuguese Man-of-War
Photograph by O.S.F./Animals Animals—Earth Scenes
National Geographic

Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is it not a jellyfish, it's not even an "it," but a "they." The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together.

Visit the web site for photo and to learn more.