Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan (widely distributed) free-floating...

Guy John Velella (September 25, 1944 – January 27, 2011) was an American Republican politician serving as a New York State Senator from the Bronx. A political...

Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), the by-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella), the blue button (Porpita porpita), and the violet snail, Janthina...

Velella was the name of at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian submarine Velella (1911), a Medusa-class submarine launched in...

'porpitid' in discussions of the two genera contained therein, Porpita and Velella. They all live at the surface of the open ocean, and are colonies of carnivorous...

suborder Chondrophora, which is a group of cnidarians that also includes Velella. The chondrophores are similar to the better-known siphonophores, which...

spoon worm Tubifex tubifex — sludge worm Turgida turgida — a nematode Velella velella — by-the-wind-sailor Yukonensis yukonensis — an archaeocyathan Abutilon...

are only two of these blue astaxanthin-proteins in the jellyfish, Velella velella, contains only about 100 carotenoids per complex.[citation needed]...

Giulia, Italy, on 1 May 1945. Velella (pennant number VL) was launched 18 December 1936 and completed on 1 September 1937. Velella was on patrol in the eastern...

stress must be communicated across the creature’s complex surface layer". Velella, the by-the-wind sailor, is a cnidarian with no means of propulsion other...