Man-of-War
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The Portuguese if a member of the Kingdom Animalia, phylum
Cnidaria(1), class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophra, the genus Physalia, and the
species Physalia(2).
The is not an actual jellyfish, but a Siphonophor. Also the
man-of-war is not a single organism. It is made up of many different organisms
th ....
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.... tentacles
are made-up of three different types of polyps. The names of these three polyps
are: dactylozooid, gonozooid, and gastrozooid. The polyps are the parts that:
capture prey, digest prey, and reproduce. The dactylozooids have cells called
nematocysts(3). The nematocysts release a toxin(4) into anything that they come
into contact with. The gastrozooids then attach to the dead/stunned victim, and
spread over it. They digest it, and transfer food to the rest of the man-of-war.
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