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Velella. 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. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.
An April 2023 image shows the sunset illuminating a by-the-wind sailor in Huntington Beach. ... The small jellyfish-like critters have a deep blue hue and a sail that allows them to glide on the ...
Thousands of jellyfish-like creatures, known as 'by-the-wind sailors,' are washing up on shores across the state.
Known as velella velella or by-the-wind sailors, the blobs are not jellyfish but colonies of polyps similar to the Portuguese man o’ war, according to JellyWatch.
The Portuguese man o' war ( Physalia physalis ), also known as the man-of-war[ 6] or bluebottle, [ 7] is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be the same species as the Pacific man o' war or bluebottle, which is found mainly in the Pacific Ocean. [ 8] The Portuguese man o' war is the only ...
Porpita porpita, or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids [ 2] found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific, [ 3] Atlantic, and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Arabian Sea. [ 4] It was first identified by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the basionym Medusa ...
Description. Blue jellyfish age can be identified by color of their bell. They tend to be pale in appearance when young, but mature to have a brightly purple-blue (some yellow) colored bell. Although it is similar to the lion's mane jellyfish, the blue jellyfish is not as large, and has a translucent bell. [1]
A sail attached in an S-shape to its base may keep it mostly offshore in predominant southeast winds. Unusual critter on Palm Beach with similar color to Portuguese men-of-war has mild sting Skip ...