Species Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Medusa velella Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [660].
• Velella cyanea Lesson, R.P. 1826. Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté‚ par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, 'La Coquille', Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1835. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Atlas. Zoophytes. Paris : Arthus Bertrand. [54, pl. 6, figs 3-4].
• Velella lata Chamisso, A. & Eysenhardt, C.G. 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe Vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanzoff duce Ottone de Kotzebue, annis 1815–1818 per acta, observatis ... Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 10(2): 345–374, pls 24–33 [364].
• Velella limbosa Lamarck, 1816 [replacement name].
• Velella pacifica de Haan, 1827.
• Velella scaphidia Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1807. in Péron, F. et Freycinet, L. (1807–1816). Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Exécuté sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goellette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800–1804. 1 + atlas. [43-44, pl. XXX, figs 6, 6A].

Generic Combinations

• Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758).

Introduction

This is the only recognised species in the genus.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

General References

Bennett, I. 1966. The Fringe of the Sea. Adelaide : Rigby.

Coleman, N. 1979. The Australian Beachcomber. Sydney : Collins.

Dakin, W.J. 1987. Australian Seashores (revised I.Bennett). North Ryde, NSW. : Angus & Robertson 411 pp.

Gershwin, L., Zeidler, W. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. Medusae of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3): 47-108

Schuchert, P. 1996. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Memoir. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 106: 1-159 [99]

Southcott, R.V. 1982. Jellyfishes (Classes Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa). pp. 115–159 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

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