A new species of venomous Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia mikazuki, has been discovered in northern Japan. Genetic evidence ...

The Portuguese man-of-war, or Physalia, is a jelly-like creature that uses a special gas-filled balloon to float on the sea surface. Physalia inhabits the area where the ocean meets the atmosphere, in ...

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A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as Portuguese man-of-war) that has never been seen before in northeast Japan.

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If you’ve spotted a big, blue jellyfish on your beach walk recently, it likely wasn’t a jellyfish at all. Beachgoers around north Florida reported seeing Portuguese men o’ war washed up on the sand ...

The tentacles of the Portuguese man o' war, (which is technically a siphonophore, a group related to jellyfish), contain harpoon-like cells called nematocysts that deliver painful doses of venom.

Scientists in Japan discovered Physalia mikazuki, a new venomous jellyfish species carried north by warm currents.

In fact, urine has no effect on the venom because it dilutes and spreads the stinging cells still on your skin, said Philip Swart, the medical director at Altezza Travel, a tour operator in Tanzania.