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By-the-wind Sailor

Photo: @montro · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Insects and other invertebrates

By-the-wind Sailor

Velella velella

Observations in the area
1
Last sighting
18 November 2023
Category
Insects and other invertebrates
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The species

Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. 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.

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