Velella, a free-floating Hydrozoan living on the surface of the ocean

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Velella is a genus of free-floating Hydrozoans that lives on the surface of the open ocean, worldwide, and is commonly known by the names by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella. The most common, and perhaps the only species encountered is Velella velella. Specimen found washed ashore in Florida

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Keywords: hydrozoan, purple, sail, vellela