Successful Treatment of Recurrent Dermatitis after Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man O' War) Envenomation with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
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DOI: 10.1159/000513367
Abstract: For more than 3 decades, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been clinically implemented in urologic and orthopaedic indications. Here, we present the case of a patient with envenomation from a highly toxic jellyfish-like siphonophore… read more here.
Keywords: physalia physalis; extracorporeal shock; treatment; wave therapy ... See more keywords
Driving the blue fleet: Temporal variability and drivers behind bluebottle (Physalia physalis) beachings off Sydney, Australia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265593
Abstract: Physalia physalis, the bluebottle in Australia, are colonial siphonophores that live at the surface of the ocean, mainly in tropical and subtropical waters. P. physalis are sometimes present in large swarms, and with tentacles capable… read more here.
Keywords: physalis beachings; physalia physalis; temporal variability; physalis ... See more keywords
Drifting dynamics of the bluebottle (Physalia physalis)
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DOI: 10.5194/os-17-1341-2021
Abstract: Abstract. Physalia physalis, also called the bluebottle in Australia, is a colonial animal resembling a jellyfish that is well known to beachgoers for the painful stings delivered by its tentacles. Despite being a common occurrence,… read more here.
Keywords: drifting dynamics; physalia physalis; dynamics bluebottle; generalized model ... See more keywords