11006-01008 Blue-bottle jellyfish (Physalia physalis) two washed ashore and showing characteristic floats and long stinging tentacles. Mount Maunganui *
11006-01012 Blue-bottle jellyfish (Physalia physalis) flotsam including characteristic 'floats', amongst Rams horn squid shells, and a Violet snail shell. Lord Howe Island
DSC_4183 By-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella) a free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. Their most obvious feature is a small stiff sail that catches the wind and propels them over the surface of the sea. In summer they may be stranded by the thousand on beaches, such as here. There is only one known species. Paekakariki *
