Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Cnidaria: class
Hydrozoa: order
Anthoathecata: family
Porpitidae: genus
Velella: species
Velella velella

Name

Synonyms: Armenista sigmoides Haeckel, 1888; Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775; Medusa pocillum Montagu, 1815; Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758; Rataria cordata Eschscholtz, 1829; Rataria mitrata Eschscholtz, 1829; Velella antarctica Eschscholtz, 1829; Velella aurora Eschscholtz, 1829; Velella australis de Haan, 1827; Velella caurina Eschscholtz, 1829; Velella cyanea Lesson, 1826; Velella emarginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; Velella indica Eschscholtz, 1829; Velella lata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821; Velella limbosa Lamarck, 1816; Velella meridionalis Fewkes, 1889; Velella mutica Lamarck, 1801; Velella oblonga Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821; Velella oxyothone Brandt, 1835; Velella oxyothone var. brachyothone Brandt, 1835
Homonyms: Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Balandrí in Catalan–Valencian; Bidevindsejler in Danish; Bidevindsejler in Danish; Bidevindssejler in Danish; By-the-wind Sailor in English; By-the-wind sailor in language.; By-the-wind-Sailor in English; Jack Sail-by-the-wind in English; Jack sail-by-the-wind in English; Jack sail-by-the-wind in English; Jack sail-by-the-wind in English; Little Sail in English; Medusa velero in Spanish; Purple Sail in English; Segelqualle in German; Segelqualle in German; Segelqualle in German; Segelqualle in German; Sứa buồm in Vietnamese; Veleiro in Portuguese; Velela in Portuguese; Velella in Afrikaans; Velella (Yelken Hidroid) in Turkish; Veleta Azul in Spanish; barchetta di San Pietro in Italian; barchetta di San Pietro in Italian; barchetta di San Pietro in Italian; barque de Saint Pierre in French; barque de Saint Pierre in French; barque de Saint Pierre in French; barqueta de Sant Pere in Catalan–Valencian; barqueta de Sant Pere in Catalan–Valencian; bezaantje in Dutch; bezaantje in Dutch; bidevindseglar in Nynorsk, Norwegian; bidevindseglare in Swedish; bidevindseglare in Swedish; bidevindseglare in Swedish; bidevindseiler in Norwegian; bidevindseiler in Norwegian; bidevindseiler in Norwegian; by-the-wind sailor in language.; by-the-wind sailor in English; by-the-wind sailor in English; by-the-wind sailor in English; by-the-wind sailor in English; by-the-wind-sailor in English; by-the-wind-sailor in English; by-the-wind-sailor in English; little sail in English

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