Velella Lamarck, 1801

Calder, Dale R., 2010, Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago 2590, Zootaxa 2590 (1), pp. 1-91 : 71

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2590.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538558

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scientific name

Velella Lamarck, 1801
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Genus Velella Lamarck, 1801 View in CoL

Velella Lamarck, 1801: 355 View in CoL .

Type species. Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL [ Velella velella View in CoL ], by absolute tautonymy.

Diagnosis. Porpitid hydroids with mantle and internal float oval in shape; upper surface with erect, triangular sail oriented diagonally to long axis of float. Dactylozooids with bands and patches of nematocysts; tentacles lacking.

Porpitid medusae with four radial canals; tentacle bulbs four, one opposite pair lacking tentacles and the other pair with 1–2 capitate tentacles each; algal symbionts usually present, aggregated near radial canals and ring canal.

Remarks. Many nominal species of this genus have been described from tropical and temperate oceans worldwide. At present, however, all are believed referable to one species, Velella velella ( Linnaeus, 1758) ( Calder 1988; Bouillon et al. 2006; Schuchert 2010).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Hydrozoa

Order

Anthoathecata

Family

Porpitidae

Loc

Velella Lamarck, 1801

Calder, Dale R. 2010
2010
Loc

Velella

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de 1801: 355
1801
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