Facts: The By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella)

Quick facts about this jellyfish-like hydrozoan that often strands by the thousands! The by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella, purple sailor, little sail). By-the-wind sailor facts! Commonly eaten by the blue Glaucus!

Support the channel on Kofi 😊 https://ko-fi.com/deepmarinescenes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepmarinescenesofficial/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepmarinescenes
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/191412225@N08

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
References and Helpful Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750263.2019.1671506
https://aquarium.org/tag/velella-velella/
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/35303/instance/5121617/
https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/37/5/1056/1552693
https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/03/18/by-the-wind-sailor-jellies-wash-ashore-in-massive-numbers-after-warmer-winters/
https://inverts.wallawalla.edu/Cnidaria/Class-Hydrozoa/Chondrophores-Siphonophores/VelellaVellela.html

Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates. India, Rastogi Publications, 2012.

Gershwin, Lisa-ann. Jellyfish: A Natural History. United Kingdom, University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Sardet, Christian. Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World. United Kingdom, University of Chicago Press, 2015.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music: Waterfall
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Images Licensed Under Creative Commons
By Zhengan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89603666
By Peter D. Tillman from USA - Red and blue, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90086253
By Todd C. LaJeunesse - flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79980176
Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
By Joyborg - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49449782
By Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney - Velella at Bronte Beach, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46828041
By Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney - Blue dragon-glaucus atlanticus, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39934058
James St. John https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
By ukanda - originally posted to Flickr as Loggerhead turtle, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10481668
By Dan from United Kingdom - Flickr.com - image description page, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=341028
By JenHighbury - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78853861
Ingrid Taylar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Videos Licensed Under Creative Commons
Max Davidson https://vimeo.com/181807638
ProyectoMastral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPUFcr7vZHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3gac29Kitg

Видео Facts: The By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella) канала Deep Marine Scenes