Velella velellas have been spotted all over Southern California
Beachgoers across Southern California may have came across a curious sight recently — thousands of shriveled jellyfish-looking sea creatures washed up on the shoreline. Their scientific name is Velella velella and they are a tropical species at the mercy of the winds and currents that push them from warmer waters, earning them the nickname by-the-wind sailors.
Though they look like jellyfish because of their gelatinous nature, they are not, and they don’t have the sting associated with jellies, though their tentacles on the bottom can irritate the skin, she noted. They are actually a colonial organism related to the Portuguese man o’ war. The sea creatures are not always around, but powerful spring storms often push them to coastal waters and then onto beaches.
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