Velella velella, By-the-wind sailor
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Velella velella   (Linnaeus, 1758)

By-the-wind sailor
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Anthoathecata | Porpitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska.  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Cosmopolitan, usually in warmer to warmer temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.0 cm H hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 2376)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Known as a floating hydroid colony. Feeds on fish eggs, euphausiid eggs, copepods and appendicularians (Ref. 002376) and consumed by surface dwelling animals. Known from surface or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum sp. fauna (Ref. 86643).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Reproduction occurs only in hydroid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 14).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira 2002 Checklist of the cnidaria medusozoa of Brazil. Biota Neotropica 2(1):1-31. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Trophic Ecology
Ekologi
Population dynamics
Tillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
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Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Länder
FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Physiology
Syreförbrukning
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
referenser

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.