Cystonectae
Cystonectae (from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis), meaning "bladder", and νηκτός (nēktós), meaning "swimmer") is a suborder of siphonophores. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera.
In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 (Nōei).
2 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 777050.