Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

Flower hat jellies exemplify the paradox of the medusas, or bell-shaped jellyfish ... decimated Black Sea fisheries. Beroe abyssicola, 4.7 inches long Aequorea victoria. Transparent and colorless ...

Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

Thousands of electric blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures washed up on Central Coast beaches this week. Known by the nickname of by-the-wind sailors, velella velella are hydrozoans — a species ...

Morro Bay beachgoers have reported seeing thousands of sea creatures resembling jellyfish wash up along the shoreline recently. According to California State Parks, these little creatures are ...

Although the transparent blue blobs resemble jellyfish, velella velella aren ... The “bizarre blue sea creatures” have also been spotted around the San Francisco Bay Area and on sandy ...