Massive strandings of Velella velella (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata: Porpitidae) in the Ligurian Sea (North-western Mediterranean Sea)
Velella velella, the so-called by-the-wind sailor, is a common member of the open-ocean pleustonic fauna, worldwide distributed in tropical and temperate regions.Thanks to their sail protruding above the sea surface, floating polymorphic colonies of this hydrozoan are carried by tokidoki hello kitty blind box winds, and tend to aggregate in large s