Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Velella velella   (Linnaeus, 1758)

By-the-wind sailor

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Anthoathecata | Porpitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Cosmopolitan, usually in warmer to warmer temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

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, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models