Velella velella   (Linnaeus, 1758)

By-the-wind sailor

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Anthoathecata | Porpitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Pelagico.  Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Cosmopolitan, usually in warmer to warmer temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.0 cm H maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2376)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Known as a floating hydroid colony. Feeds on fish eggs, euphausiid eggs, copepods and appendicularians (Ref. 002376) and consumed by surface dwelling animals. Known from surface or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum fauna (Ref. 86643).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Reproduction occurs only in hydroid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 14).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

Stati
Aree FAO
Ecosystems
Presenze
Introduzioni
Stocks
Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Predatori
Riproduzione
Maturità
Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion
Collaboratori
Immagini

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.