Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758), (by-the-wind sailor, by-the-wind-sailor)

11 Dec 2015 at OSGR: SZ09 in South Hants, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Velella velella (By-the-wind Sailor, By-the-wind-sailor)
Family: PORPITIDAE (a family of hydrozoans)
Suborder: CAPITATA (an order of coelenterates)
Order: ANTHOATHECATA (an order of hydroids)
Subclass: HYDROIDOLINA (a subclass of coelenterates)
Class: HYDROZOA (hydroids)
Phylum: CNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
Subkingdom: EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom: ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Record Summary	numerous, dead, washed up animals.
Found as	Dead animal
Date	11 December 2015
OS grid ref	OSGR: SZ09
Lat/Lon	50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice County	South Hants, VC no: 11
Country	England

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