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Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Synonym Source
Velella meridionalis Fewkes, 1889 synonym
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Published in:Fewkes, J. W. (1889b). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7.
Armenista sigmoides Haeckel, 1888 synonym
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Published in:Haeckel, E. (1888b). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50.
Velella patellaris Brandt, 1835 synonym
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Published in:Brandt, J. F. 1834-1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I., Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens / auctore, Johanne Friderico Brandt. - Recueil Actes des séances publiques de l'Acadadémie impériale des Science de St. Pétersbourg 1834: 201-275.
Velella oxyothone var. oxyothone Brandt, 1835 synonym
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Velella oxyothone var. brachyothone Brandt, 1835 synonym
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Published in:Brandt, J. F. 1834-1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I., Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens / auctore, Johanne Friderico Brandt. - Recueil Actes des séances publiques de l'Acadadémie impériale des Science de St. Pétersbourg 1834: 201-275.
Velella oxyothone Brandt, 1835 synonym
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Published in:Brandt, J. F. 1834-1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I., Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens / auctore, Johanne Friderico Brandt. - Recueil Actes des séances publiques de l'Acadadémie impériale des Science de St. Pétersbourg 1834: 201-275.
Velella tropica Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella septentrionalis Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella indica Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella caurina Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella aurora Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella antarctica Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Rataria mitrata Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Rataria cordata Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym
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Published in:Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
Velella sandwichiana de Haan, 1827 synonym
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Published in:de Haan, W. 1827. Verhandeling over de Rangschikking der Velellen, Porpiten und Physalien. Bijdragen tot de Natuurkundige Wetenschappen, Amsterdam 2: 489-503.
Velella radackiana de Haan, 1827 synonym
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Published in:de Haan, W. 1827. Verhandeling over de Rangschikking der Velellen, Porpiten und Physalien. Bijdragen tot de Natuurkundige Wetenschappen, Amsterdam 2: 489-503.
Velella pacifica de Haan, 1827 synonym
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Published in:de Haan, W. 1827. Verhandeling over de Rangschikking der Velellen, Porpiten und Physalien. Bijdragen tot de Natuurkundige Wetenschappen, Amsterdam 2: 489-503.
Velella australis de Haan, 1827 synonym
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Published in:de Haan, W. 1827. Verhandeling over de Rangschikking der Velellen, Porpiten und Physalien. Bijdragen tot de Natuurkundige Wetenschappen, Amsterdam 2: 489-503.
Velella cyanea Lesson, 1826 synonym
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Published in:Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Mollusques: 16 pls [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P., Garnot P. & Guérin-Méneville F.E., 1826-1831. Voyage autour du monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur La Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, Sous le Ministère de S.E.M. le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié Sous les Auspices de Son Excellence Mgr. Le Cte. de Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, par L.I. Duperrey, Chevalier de St. Louis et de la Légion d'Honneur, Capitaine de Frégate, Commandant de l'Expedition. Histoire naturelle, Zoologie. Atlas. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Rémond. 157 pls.
Velella emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 synonym
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Published in:Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826].
Velella sinistra Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 synonym
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Published in:Chamisso Adelbertus de, & Eysenhardt Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 343-373, Plates 24 to 33. https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39396
Velella oblonga Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Chamisso Adelbertus de, & Eysenhardt Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 343-373, Plates 24 to 33. https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39396
Velella lata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Chamisso Adelbertus de, & Eysenhardt Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 343-373, Plates 24 to 33. https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39396
Velella pyramidalis Cranch, 1818 synonym
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Published in:Tuckey, J. K. (1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. Appendix 4 [pp. 407-419]. <em>In: Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in south Africa, in 1816. John Murray, London.</em> i-lxxxii + 1-498, 14 pls. [Fishes are on pp. 409-410 by W. E. Leach.].
Velella limbosa Lamarck, 1816 synonym
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Published in:Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp.
Medusa pocillum Montagu, 1815 synonym
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Published in:Montagu G. (1816). An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 179-204, pls 12-14 ["1815"; 24 January 1816].
Velella scaphidia Peron & Lesueur, 1807 synonym
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Published in:Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). <i>Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804</i>. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps.
Velella tentaculata Lamarck, 1801 synonym
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Published in:Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp.
Velella mutica Lamarck, 1801 synonym
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Published in:Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp.
Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775 synonym
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Velella vella (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
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Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
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Published in:Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Velella spirans (Forskal) synonym
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Common names Source
By-The-Wind Sailor
  • English
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Published in:Cnidaria
By-The-Wind Sailor
  • English
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
By-The-Wind Sailor
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
By-The-Wind-Sailor
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
By-The-Wind-Sailor
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Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
By-The-Wind-Sailor
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
By-The-Wind-Sailor
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Published in:Cnidaria
Jack Sail-By-The-Wind
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Jack Sail-By-The-Wind
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Jack Sail-By-The-Wind
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Published in:Cnidaria
Little Sail
  • English
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Little Sail
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Little Sail
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Published in:Cnidaria
Purple Sail
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Published in:Cnidaria
Purple Sail
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Purple Sail
  • English
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Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Bidevindseglare
  • Swedish
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Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Bidevindseglare
  • Swedish
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Cnidaria

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Hydrozoa
order
Anthoathecata
family
Porpitidae
genus
Velella
species
Velella velella
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BOLD:AAD3965 
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BOLD:AAD3966 
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BOLD:AAD3967 
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