By-the-wind Sailors in Bodega Bay, California

Description and Comments

Hundreds of By-the-wind Sailors (Velella velella) washing ashore on Bodega Head, California. Most were very large individuals, ~8-10 cm across. A few sea nettles (Chrysaora), sea gooseberries (Pleurobrachia), and Aglauropsis, too.

Author

Type of organism

Velella
Velella

Quantity

100

Latitude

38.32

Longitude

-123.07