Hydrozoans, Velella velella

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by-the-wind-sailor,modified pelagic siphonophore with a bluish, round or oval disc reaching 8 cm in diameter, wich encloses the float and contains a horny skeleton equipped with a sail

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Size: 5146px × 3418px
Location: Italy
Photo credit: © edo loi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: --wind-sailor, beach, beaches, chondrofora, coast, coastal, coastline, coastlines, coasts, colonial, hydrozoans, littoral, littorals, mediterranean, sand, sandy, sea, seas, seashore, seashores, seaside, shore, shoreline, shorelines, shores, side, velella