They are usually deep blue in colour, but their most obvious feature is a small stiff sail that catches the wind and propels them over the surface of the sea.

The Velella is blueish to purple with a flat oval transparent float and an erect sail projecting vertically at an angle to the axis of its body. The projection ...

Velella typically live far offshore in open ocean waters, and their little sails help distribute them using the force of the wind. However because they sail ...

Velella is an off-shore animal which lives on the surface of the water. It feeds on planktonic crustaceans, primarily copepods. Known predators are limited, but ...

15 сент. 2014 г. · Velella Velella are also known as sea rafts, little sailers and by the wind sailors. They are a very unusual species of free floating ...

By-the-wind-sailor. Scientific name: Velella velella. These mysterious and beautiful creatures rely on warm ocean currents to 'sail' them around the world ...

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18 июл. 2023 г. · Velella are much smaller relatives of the Portuguese man o'war, and are also carnivorous colonial organisms.

Velella velella is actually considered a single elaborate polyp floating upside down with its mouths and tentacles dangling into the water.

A clear, chitinous semicircular to triangular sail sticks up above the water with a blue float beneath made of concentric circles of gas-filled chambers.