The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) with its symbiotic fish, called "pastorcillo" in Spanish (Nomeus gronovii). The Portuguese man o' war is

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The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) with its symbiotic fish, called "pastorcillo" in Spanish (Nomeus gronovii). The Portuguese man o' war is often mistaken for a jellyfish, but it is actually a siphonophore, that is an aggregation of specialized individuals of four different types, called zooids.

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