KUANTAN: The public has been urged to exercise caution after hundreds of poisonous jellyfish from the species Physalia physalis, commonly known as the "Portuguese man o' war," washed ashore along ...

KUANTAN, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- The public has been urged to exercise caution after hundreds of poisonous jellyfish from the species Physalia physalis, commonly known as the "Portuguese man o' war," ...

although not every species is found in each ocean. Many siphonophores are long and string-like, but some, like the venomous Portuguese man o'war (Physalia physalis), resemble jellyfish.

Dozens of  Portuguese man o' war, capable of causing serious skin burns, have been spotted on Portuguese beaches, from ...