by-the-wind sailor

Scientific name: Velella velella

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0134

Behaviour

Its stinging cells rarely harm humans, unlike those of the Portuguese man o' war, and its tentacles are described as harmless to people.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-EFFF7EDB80 · SRC-DSC-44A902E837 · SRC-DSC-ED65CA6005Statement code: CLM-ENT0134-DSC-08

Sources (3)

Sources

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1By-the-Wind Sailor, Velella velella (SIMoN species database)SRC-DSC-EFFF7EDB80
2Velella Velella (or By-the-Wind-Sailors), Point Reyes National SeashoreSRC-DSC-ED65CA6005
3By-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella), MarLIN Marine Life Information NetworkSRC-DSC-C9B974B754
4'By-the-wind sailor' jellies wash ashore in massive numbers after warmer winters (UW News, 18 March 2021)SRC-DSC-37C69DBAA3
5WoRMS REST documented distribution for Velella velella (AphiaID 117832)SRC-DSC-17D4112D61
6Long-term patterns of mass stranding of the colonial cnidarian Velella velella: influence of environmental forcing (Marine Ecology Progress Series 662:69-83, 2021; abstract via Crossref record of DOI 10.3354/meps13644)SRC-DSC-267B3EEA06
7Bluebottle (Australian Museum animal factsheet, updated 15/01/26)SRC-DSC-44A902E837
8Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (World Register of Marine Species taxon page)SRC-DSC-9845085812
9Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank dataset 3LR) taxon record: Velella velellaSRC-DSC-755FFAD1DC
10GBIF Backbone Taxonomy species record: Velella velella (usageKey 2265793)SRC-DSC-205DA02B0B