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Portuguese Man-O-War (Physalia physalis) tentacle containing a parasitic gasterozooid 'stomach person'

Keywords: cnidarians, hydrozoans, siphonophora, siphonophores, cystonectae, physaliidae, stinging, nematocysts, jellyfish, tentacles, marine biology, parasitism, pleuston, megaloplankton, holoplankton, surface drifters