Answer:
The missing step on Connor's list is the medusae bud off the polyp after step 5.
Explanation:
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) is a cnidary -which is considered very poisonous to other species, including humans- and is not properly a jellyfish, but rather a set of different organisms (hydroids) grouped into a colonial organism. However, its life cycle is like that of jellyfish.
The life cycle of a Portuguese man-of-war is:
- <em>Release of gametes in the water.
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- <em>External fertilization
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- <em>Formation of the planula, larva provided with cilia that swims freely
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- <em>Planula adheres to a surface to form the polyp or scifistoma.
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- <em>The polyp can produce jellyfish larvae by gemmation (not fragmentation) in the oral pole of this polyp, the strobilus.
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- <em>Finally, the star-shaped larvae detach from the strobilus and after a while become their adult form.</em>
In Connor's list, the missing step is the release of larvae from the polyp, after step 5.
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