Velella - Wikipedia
Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, [2] a cosmopolitan (widely distributed) free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean.
What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella …
2024年5月3日 · What are those blue things washing up on Southern California beaches? Velella velella, of course. Also known as by-the-wind sailors. They're kind of like jellyfish.
All you need to know about Velella or by-the-wind sailor
2020年10月23日 · What is a Velella? Velella is an ocean organism belonging to class hydrozoa. Hydrozoans are small and predatory organisms that live in either solitary or colonies in open sea water.
ADW: Velella velella: INFORMATION
The Velella velella begins its life in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is brought by the wind to the shores, and is usually cast up on a beach where it dies and disentegrates. The Velella are most common on the high seas, in the warmer regions of the Southern and Northern Hemispheres.
Velella - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella. Show More.
By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella) - iNaturalist
Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoa that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.
Pictures: Billions of Blue Jellyfish Wash Up on American Beaches
2015年4月20日 · The animals—known as "by-the-wind sailors" or Velella velella—founder on the shore and pile up like a carpet of deflated blue and purple balloons.
Velella - San Francisco Zoo & Gardens
Velella. Despite physical similarities, these animals are hydrozoans and not technically jellyfish, though they are close relatives. They are also called “by-the-wind sailors”, due to their sail-like flap that helps carry them across the ocean’s surface.
Velella Velella (or By-the-Wind-Sailors) - Point Reyes National ...
2022年12月29日 · These jellyfish-like creatures are called Velella velella, or "by-the-wind-sailors." Velella are not true jellyfish, but are related to jellyfish, as well as to sea anemones, corals, and hydroids. The Velella is a flat, oval-shaped creature, bluish to purple in color and three to four inches long.
Invasion of the strange sailor jellyfish – what are they, and will …
2014年9月3日 · Billions of small, jellyfish-like creatures known as “by-the-wind sailors” have washed ashore all along the west coast of North America this summer, from southern California to British...