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English: Lifecycle of the Portuguese man of war
The mature Physalia physalis is pictured floating on the ocean surface, while early development is thought to occur at an unknown depth below the ocean surface. The gonodendra are thought to be released from the colony when mature. The egg and planula larva stage have not been observed.
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Source [1] doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51842-1
Author Catriona Munro, Zer Vue, Richard R. Behringer & Casey W. Dunn. The egg and planula drawings are from a Nanomia bijuga lifecycle schematic drawn by FreyaGoetz (File:Nanomia_life_cycle_vector_wikimedia.svg), licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en).

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Lifecycle of the Portuguese man of war

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