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 Ekologi

Pelagiska.  Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Cosmopolitan, usually in warmer to warmer temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.0 cm H hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 2376)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. 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 Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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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Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

Ytterligare information

Länder
FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Stocks
Ekologi
Föda
Födoslag
Populärnamn
synonymer
Predatorer
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Lek
Fecundity
Ägg
Egg development
Age/Size
Tillväxt
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologi
Larver
Abundans
referenser
Mass conversion
Medarbetare
Bilder

Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

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