Tiny By-the-Wind Sailors in Bodega Bay, California

Description and Comments

Thousands, probably tens or hundreds of thousands, of tiny Velella velella washing ashore on Salmon Creek Beach in Bodega Bay, California on 27 March 2015. Although some were large, most were only 2 mm long -- see photo.

Author

Type of organism

Velella
Velella

Quantity

100

Latitude

38.33

Longitude

-123.07