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Physalia physalis

Physalia physalis

Caravela Portuguesa(+16)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:182495174

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(3)

Algerian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(DZ)
introduced
Italian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(IT)
introduced
Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(MT)
introduced

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 9 languages. 1 preferred.

porCaravela PortuguesapordeuBlasenqualledeunldPortugees oorlogsschipnlddeuPortugiesische GaleeredeuengPortuguese man o’ wareng+12 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 9 languages. 1 name preferred.

porCaravela Portuguesa
porpreferred
deuBlasenqualle
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
nldPortugees oorlogsschip
nld
Source: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
deuPortugiesische Galeere
deu
engPortuguese man o’ war
eng
Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland.</em> 28:1-115.
engPortuguese man-o-war
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engPortuguese man-of-war
eng
Source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
deuSeeblase
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engbluebottle
eng
spabotella azul
spa
spacarabela portuguesa
spa
itacaravella portoghese
ita
catcaravel·la portuguesa
cat
catfragata portuguesa
cat
fragalère portugaise
fra
fravessie de mer
fra
jpnカツオノエボシ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 33 proteins)

NCBI:txid168775

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(12)

  • 1

    Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101.

    additional source
  • 2

    Calder, D. (2003). Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy.

    additional source
  • 3

    Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp.

    ecology source
  • 4

    Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.

    additional source
  • 5

    Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

    checklist

    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    182495174
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264734
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135479
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026