Tag: Hydroids
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What are the Blue Sea Jelly-Things Washing up On California’s Beaches?
If you’ve visited SoCal beaches in the last few days, you will have probably seen thousands— if not tens of thousands— blue sea jelly-looking creatures with stiff, transparent sails stranded at the high water line. These are by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella), not sea jellies, but small hydroids that occasionally wash up on our beaches. They…
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