Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 117832

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Anthoathecata > Capitata > Porpitidae > Velella

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Velella Lamarck, 1801
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Schuchert, P. 2009a. Anthoanthecata (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Schuchert, P. 2010. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 337-555. [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Catalan barqueta de Sant Pere  [details] Corsican ruzunu  [details] Dutch bezaantje  [details] English by-the-wind sailor  [details] English by-the-wind-sailor  [details] English Jack sail-by-the-wind  [details] English little sail  [details] English purple sail  [details] Finnish purjehtijamaneetti  [details] French barque de Saint Pierre  [details] French vélelle  [details] German Segelqualle  [details] Italian barchetta di San Pietro  [details] Norwegian bidevindseiler  [details] Spanish velero  [details] Swedish bidevindseglare  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Coast [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS
Images		Velella velella added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith () qualitystatus: not checked Velella velella added on 2011-04-21 - author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Velella_Bae_an_Anaon.jpg qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2011-04-21 15:05:01
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117832
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob
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		Citation: BeRMS (2013). Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117832 on 2013-05-20
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