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2 6 Velella velella

Velella velella

by GabrielClementeAlgarve, Portugal

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velella_velella

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By-the-wind sailor

by cmanisSan Luis Obispo, California, USA

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Purple Sail

by JackGrahamPacific Grove, California, USA

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By-the-wind sailor

by DavidSantosLisboa, Portugal

I think it was a Physalia physalis, but I'm not ...

1 0 By the wind Sailor

By the wind Sailor

by Hema ShahSan Luis Obispo, California, USA

Stranded Velella.Wish these could be ...

1 0 By-the-wind sailor

By-the-wind sailor

by mendes.madalenaAlgarve, Portugal

3mm to 2 cm

1 0 By-The-Wind Sailor (Velella)

By-The-Wind Sailor (Velella)

by Noahs ArkSanta Cruz, California, USA

I found quite a few of these little fellows floating on the open ocean by my ...

1 0 By-the-wind Sailor

By-the-wind Sailor

by klgiovCalifornia, USA

Soft blue part and hard clear part

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By-the-wind Sailor

by kmberaSan Francisco, California, USA

Shellfish?

1 0 By-the-wind Sailor

By-the-wind Sailor

by valentinezzaLIG, Italy

I've found it in the beach

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Velella Jelly

by DeanPatrickSpragueCalifornia, USA

Jellies washed up on the central California coast. The clear parts are a kind ...

2 0 Velella Jelly

Velella Jelly

by DeanPatrickSpragueCalifornia, USA

Jellies washed up on the central California coast. The clear parts are a kind ...

7 5 Velella

Velella

by KelseyLundMiami Beach, Florida, USA

Vibrant blue and light grey, elliptical shape, has the characteristic sail with ...

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By-the-wind sailor

by Stephen H.San Diego, California, USA

Blue oval creature with a clear fin. Found on beach.

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By-the-wind Sailor

by RebeccaRussellMustinCalifornia, USA

Jelly like

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By-the-wind sailor

by baraherselfSeaside, Oregon, USA

Many washed ashore today at Seaside, Oregon, in many different sizes.

0 0 By the wind sailor.

By the wind sailor.

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

Like other Cnidaria, Velella

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"By-the-wind sailors"

by R-in-natureCalifornia, USA

Jelly-like critters with blue oval body and a clear "sail"

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By the Wind Sailor

by Hema ShahSan Luis Obispo, California, USA

The beach was strewn with these lovely organisms.Could not see the tentacles.

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Sea Raft

by CindyBinghamKeiserCalifornia, USA

Bright blue and clear hydrozoan that has a sail that allows it to travel across ...

1 0 By-the-wind Sailor

By-the-wind Sailor

by KathyRossGeorgia, USA

small jellyfish

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Violet shells

by mendes.madalenaAlgarve, Portugal

found on a Velella by the sea, Praia de Faro

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Velella - Sail-by-the-wind

by EntreAguasMiami, Florida, USA

, all of which eat Velella. Each

4 1 Velella

Velella

by eulalia rubioSagunt, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Although it may apparently look like a jellyfish,

8 4 By-the-wind Sailor

By-the-wind Sailor

by StirredMochaCalifornia, USA

A floating colonial hydrozoan made up of many genetically identical cells that ...

0 0 By the wind Sailor

By the wind Sailor

by AmyFSan Diego, California, USA

Beautiful little Cnidarians. Love their blue and purple coloration, and that ...

0 5 By-the-wind sailor. Carabela portuguesa

By-the-wind sailor. Carabela portuguesa

by eulalia rubioAlmardà, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Con apariencia de medusa, la carabela es en realidad un organismo colonial ...

3 2 Velella velella.

Velella velella.

by DavidBernaldodeQuirósValencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

La Velella también conocida como vela de ...

6 2 By-The-Wind Sailor

By-The-Wind Sailor

by LivesInADreamBritish Columbia, Canada

Every few years, large concentrations of jellyfish-like animals called ...

4 6 By-the-wind sailor

By-the-wind sailor

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

These are the dried chitinous remains of the float of a hydroid colony.

3 3 By-the-wind sailor

By-the-wind sailor

by SukesihGunaNew South Wales, Australia

strange species belonging to the hydrozoans (related to sea firs, some ...

2 0 Buoy Barnacles

Buoy Barnacles

by KilouekaAvalon, California, USA

, driftwood, feathers, cranberries, cuttlefish bone, the "by-the-wind-sailor" ...

1 0 Violet Sea Snail

Violet Sea Snail

by BerniceBowersHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA

Violet Sea Snail Phylum Mollusca The Violet Snail is a brilliant purple color ...

1 2 Violet snail, common purple snail

Violet snail, common purple snail

by DuprasiTexas, USA

Janthina janthina is a member of the Janthinidae family, snails that trap air ...

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by-the-wind-sailors

by Deborah KPacific Grove, California, USA

Resembles a sail There were thousands of them on beach ranging in size from ...

31 19 Blue Button

Blue Button

by AlbertKangBatangas, Philippines

polyps. The blue button is a Chondrophore, which is a group of cnidarians that ...

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