APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- group / collection 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- group / collection 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 3

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- close-up 4

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- skeleton 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- skeleton 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 3

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal 4

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal / underside 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- animal underside 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- on strandline washed-up 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- on strandline washed-up 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- strandline / tiny animals 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- small animals with scale 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- strandline close-up 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- immature animals 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- mature animal / top view 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- tentacles 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- nematocysts / stinging cells on tentacle 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- nematocysts / stinging cells on tentacle 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- nematocysts / stinging cells on tentacle 3

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- with microalgal symbiont Scrippsiella velellae 1

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- with microalgal symbiont Scrippsiella velellae 2

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- with microalgal symbiont Scrippsiella velellae 3

By-the-wind-sailor
Velella velella
- Scrippsiella velellae 1

Images taken at Par Beach, near St. Austell, 19.05.09; and at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall, 06.11.10; 18.09.11 and 04.06.14.

Mass strandines of this species often occur all around the coast of Cornwall, strandings are rarer the further east you go along the coast. By-the-wind-sailors are pelagic animals and live in open oceans, they arrive here on the Gulf Stream from warmer tropical waters. They are eaten by the beautifully coloured Violet sea snail, Janthina species, which can also be found washed ashore.

Scientific and European Names:
Velella velella, By-the-wind-sailor, Jack-sail-by-the-wind, Sallee man, Velelle, Bezaantje.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.