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Unidentified Marine Invertebrate at Merimbula, NSW by PeteSnapz

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Jennyncmg wrote:
1 Jan 2025
It looks like the egg jelly of a moon snail, one of the Polinices sp. You can see spots inside which are likely to be the eggs. It is unusual for the jelly to be coloured but maybe that is just the background showing through?
Unidentified Marine Invertebrate
smarsh24 wrote:
17 Dec 2024
Yes, I think you're right. This is what I found...There are two species in the genus: Physalia physalis (known as Portuguese man-of-war) in the Atlantic, and Physalia utriculus (known as bluebottle) in the Indo-Pacific. (Source: https://dan.org/health-medicine/health-resources/diseases-conditions/portuguese-man-of-war-bluebottle/#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20species%20in,)%20in%20the%20Indo%2DPacific).
Physalia utriculus
Jennyncmg wrote:
15 Dec 2024
There seems to be some confusion as to which Physalia species comes to our coast. Could it be P utriculis?
Physalia utriculus
KylieWaldon wrote:
2 Jan 2021
someone suggested this may be a long legged fly, even though I thought it was a mosquito. this is its back end
Dolichopodidae (family)
KimPullen wrote:
23 Dec 2019
A mantid, possibly Pseudomantis or Tenodera.
Pseudomantis albofimbriata

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