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Bluebottle-fish, Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin, 1789) - The Australian Museum. Banded Morwong, Cheilodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872) Crescent Grunter, Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) Southern Ribbonfish, Trachipterus jacksonensis (Ramsay, 1881) Golden Perch, Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) Bennett's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier.

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Description Bluebottles have a conspicuous elongate blue float and a long blue tentacle. In Physalia utriculus the float rarely exceeds 10 cm with the tentacle less than 3 metres.

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Treatment for Bluebottle stings. In the event of a Bluebottle jellyfish sting: Monitor the casualty while offering them comfort and reassurance. Pick off any remaining tentacles. Remove any 'invisible tentacles' with a copious amount of sea water. Immerse the affected area in hot water or cover it with hot running water (as in a hot shower) for.

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Dr Gershwin confirmed the bluebottle that stung Mr Keller's son was the rare giant bluebottle that she suspected had caused severe reactions. More than 9,000 treated for suspected bluebottle stings Queensland surf lifesavers have had to call ambulances to attend to 23 of 9,044 people treated for suspected bluebottle stings

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Hooray for apex predators! But there's only one problem. The blue bottles have disappeared, at least from most parts of New South Wales. The change has been dramatic. I remember times at Bondi 20 years ago when an armada would be blown in and it was difficult to move in any direction, such was the proliferation of tentacles.

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The species is named after one of its polyps, the gas-filled sac, often referred to as "the float," which resembles a blue bottle floating in the ocean. The float moves depending on the wind and supports the other three types of polyps that are responsible for catching prey, digesting food, and reproduction.

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Blue bottles are siphonophores , a weird group of colonial jellyfish. Rather than being a single organism like the jellyfish we commonly recognise, siphonophores are actually made up of several colony members called persons (sometimes also known as "zooids").

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Getting stung by a bluebottle is an Australian rite of passage, but conventional wisdom around treatment may have been - up until now - all wrong. Forget ice packs or vinegar, the most effective way to manage the pain is simple: hot water.

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Blue Bottle Did You Know? Delivers a painful sting if touched either in the water or when washed up on the beach (never touch one with bare skin or enter the water if they are present) About 10,000 - 30,000 Blue Bottle stings are reported along the east coast of Australia every year

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Fact File Bluebottle Physalia utriculus Being stung by a bluebottle is almost a rite of passage for Aussie kids who spend summer holidays on the east coast's beaches. The distribution of these floating marine stingers largely depends on prevailing winds and currents.

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Adherent blue tentacles may be seen after a sting and are distinctive for Physalia. Remove any adhering tentacles. Rinse the area well with sea water (not freshwater) Place the sting area in hot water - no hotter than the rescuer can comfortably tolerate for 20 minutes. If the pain is unrelieved by heat, or if hot water is not available, apply.

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Organisms Blow-flies ( Calliphoridae) of genus Calliphora and similar species from other genera Specifically, the blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria The Portuguese man o' war ( Physalia utriculus ), stinging marine siphonophores resembling jellyfish and known as bluebottles in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand

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Sea Lizards feed on the stinging cells of blue bottles to use them for their own defence. 87895263@N06/flickr, CC BY-SA Avoiding the sting. In the water, a given blue bottle might not be so easy.

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Atlantic Portuguese man o' war, auch Floating Terror, ist eine Art aus der Gattung der Seeblasen ( Physalia ), die zu den Staatsquallen ( Siphonophorae) gezählt wird. Im weiteren Sinne werden manchmal eng verwandte Arten aus derselben Gattung wie Physalia utriculus als Portugiesische Galeere bezeichnet.