APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Velella velella - By the Wind Sailor (Hydrozoa Images)
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By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 2

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 3

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 4

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- skeleton 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- skeleton 2

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 2

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 3

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 4

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal / underside 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- animal underside 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- strandline / tiny animals 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- small animals with scale 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- strandline close-up 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- immature animals 1

By the Wind Sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal / top view 1

Images taken at Par Beach, near St. Austell, 19.05.09; and at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall, 06.11.10 and 18.09.11.

Mass strandines of this species often occur all around the coast of Cornwall, strandings are rarer the further east you go along the coast. By the Wind Sailors are pelagic animals and live in open oceans, they arrive here on the Gulf Stream from warmer tropical waters. They are eaten by the beautifully coloured Violet Sea Snail, Janthina species, which can also be found washed ashore.

Scientific and European Names:
Velella velella, By the Wind Sailor, Jack Sail by the Wind, Velelle, Bezaantje.

Velella velella By the Wind Sailor Bezaantje and Velelle Hydrozoa Images
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