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Velella

Hydrozoa - Siphonophorida - Velellidae

Taxonomy
Velella was named by Lamarck (1801). It is extant. It is the type genus of Velellidae.

It was assigned to Velellidae by Larson and Briggs (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Velella Lamarck
2023Velella Larson and Briggs p. 1003

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderSiphonophorida
familyVelellidaeBrandt 1835
genusVelellaLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Velella Lamarck 1801
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Attached: yesc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 21:52:43
Modified: 2009-05-12 00:02:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
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