WoRMS taxon details
Velella Lamarck, 1801
117200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117200)
accepted
Genus
Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Armenista Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Armenistari Carburi, 1757 · unaccepted (not binomial)
Armenistarium Costa, 1841 · unaccepted (invalid emendation of...)
invalid emendation of Armenistarius Costa, 1835
Armenistarius Costa, 1835 · unaccepted (emendation of Armenistari...)
emendation of Armenistari Carburi, 1757 [non binomial]
Phyllidoce Browne, 1789 · unaccepted (invalid name, published in a...)
invalid name, published in a suppressed work, ICZN Opinion 89
Rataria Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Velaria Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (preoccupied for Porifera)
Velella Columnae, 1616 · unaccepted (not binomial)
- Species Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Velella antarctica Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella aurora Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella australis de Haan, 1827 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella caurina Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella cyanea Lesson, 1826 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella indica Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella lata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella limbosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella meridionalis Fewkes, 1889 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella mutica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella oblonga Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Velella oxyothone Brandt, 1835 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella pacifica de Haan, 1827 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella patellaris Brandt, 1835 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella pyramidalis Cranch in Tuckey, 1818 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella radackiana de Haan, 1827 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella sandwichiana de Haan, 1827 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella scaphidia Peron & Lesueur, 1807 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella septentrionalis Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella sinistra Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella tentaculata Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella tropica Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Velella vella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Velella Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117200 on 2025-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Velella Columnae, 1616) Columnae, F. 1616. Aquatilium et terrestrium aliquot Animalium, aliarumque Naturalium rerum observationes, Rome, pp. 593., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14547#370
page(s): XX [details]
original description (of Armenistari Carburi, 1757) Carburi, M. 1757. Lettera sopra una spezie d'insetto marino. Nuova raccolta d'opuscoli scientifici e filologici 3: 357-374, pl 3 figs 1-3., available online at http://193.206.220.110/imm/ImgProvider.php?image=/000/000/323/323812_3/323812_3_00015r.jpg [details]
original description (of Phyllidoce Browne, 1789) Browne, Patrick. (1789). The civil and natural history of Jamaica. <em>[book in 3 parts].</em> 2nd edition, 503 pages, 49 plates., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11523#page=401
page(s): 387 [details]
original description (of Rataria Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]
original description (of Armenistarius Costa, 1835) Costa O.G. (1835-1841). Medusari. In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, pp. 1-20, 1-18. 1-14. 1-10. 1-2, 8 pls. 1-20, 1-18, 1-14, 1-10, 1-12, 8 Plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54008100
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Velaria Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Armenista Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Velella Columnae, 1616) Columnae, F. 1616. Aquatilium et terrestrium aliquot Animalium, aliarumque Naturalium rerum observationes, Rome, pp. 593., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14547#370
page(s): XX [details]
original description (of Armenistari Carburi, 1757) Carburi, M. 1757. Lettera sopra una spezie d'insetto marino. Nuova raccolta d'opuscoli scientifici e filologici 3: 357-374, pl 3 figs 1-3., available online at http://193.206.220.110/imm/ImgProvider.php?image=/000/000/323/323812_3/323812_3_00015r.jpg [details]
original description (of Phyllidoce Browne, 1789) Browne, Patrick. (1789). The civil and natural history of Jamaica. <em>[book in 3 parts].</em> 2nd edition, 503 pages, 49 plates., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11523#page=401
page(s): 387 [details]
original description (of Rataria Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]
original description (of Armenistarius Costa, 1835) Costa O.G. (1835-1841). Medusari. In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, pp. 1-20, 1-18. 1-14. 1-10. 1-2, 8 pls. 1-20, 1-18, 1-14, 1-10, 1-12, 8 Plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54008100
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Velaria Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Armenista Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107.
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | カツオノカンムリ属 | [details] |
