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Surge in number of the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) washed up on Juhu and Girgaum beaches, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Title Surge in number of the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
washed up on Juhu and Girgaum beaches, Mumbai, Maharashtra
 
Creator Purushottama, G B
Mhatre, V D
Khandagale, P A
Mhadgut, Bala
Ramkumar, S
 
Subject Invertebrata
 
Description After the onset of South-west monsoon along
the west coast of India, swarming of blue bottle
jelly fish the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia
physalis) is observed at Juhu and Girgaum beaches,
Mumbai almost every year. Portuguese man-of-war,
though often mistaken as a jellyfish, is a marine
Cnidarian of the family Physalidae. Its venomous
tentacles can deliver painful sting. In July, 2013
sudden strong winds and high tide had brought in
several bluebottle jelly fish (Fig 1). For several
people, a walk by the seaside at Juhu and Girgaum
beaches during first week of July, 2013 ended in
redness of skin, swelling, irritation, itching, blisters
and severe body ache. The daily news papers carried
news items on the marine venomous creature,
Portuguese man-of-war and their venomous sting
threat to public.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9616/1/12.pdf
Purushottama, G B and Mhatre, V D and Khandagale, P A and Mhadgut, Bala and Ramkumar, S (2013) Surge in number of the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) washed up on Juhu and Girgaum beaches, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). pp. 15-16.