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Pelamis Platuras
Pelamis can refer to: * ''Pelamis platura'', a species of sea snake * Skipjack tuna, ''Katsuwonus pelamis'' * Pelamis Wave Energy Converter The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter was a technology that used the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine was made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate ele ..., a design to capture wave energy * Pelamis Wave Power, a company which developed the Pelamis Wave Energy Converter {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelamis Platura
The yellow-bellied sea snake (''Hydrophis platurus'') is a venomous snake, venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic taxon, monotypic genus ''Pelamis'', but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus ''Hydrophis''. Taxonomy In 1766, Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus published the original description of the yellow-bellied sea snake, naming it ''Anguis platura'' (''Anguis'' meaning snake). In 1803, François Marie Daudin created the new genus ''Pelamis'' and assigned this species to it, referring to it as ''Pelamis platuros''. In 1842, Gray described what he thought was a new species and called it ''Pelamis ornata'' (subsequently ''P. ornata'' became a synonym of ''P. platura''). The commonly used genus name ''Pelamis'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word for "tunny fish", which presumably refers to the habit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skipjack Tuna
The skipjack tuna (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the balaya (Sri Lanka), bakulan/kayu (North Borneo), tongkol/aya (Malay Peninsula/Indonesia), aku (Hawaii), cakalang (Indonesia), katsuo, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. Description It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and mollusks. It is an important prey species for sharks and large pelagic fishes and is often used as live bait when fishing for marlin. It has no scales, except on the lateral line and the corselet (a band of large, thick scales forming a circle around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter was a technology that used the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine was made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate electricity. Developed by the now defunct Scottish company Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery), the Pelamis became the first offshore wave machine to generate electricity into the grid, when it was first connected to the UK grid in 2004. Pelamis Wave Power then went on to build and test five additional Pelamis machines: three first-generation P1 machines, which were tested in a farm off the coast of Portugal in 2009, and two second-generation machines, the Pelamis P2, were tested off Orkney between 2010 and 2014. The company went into administration in November 2014, with the intellectual property transferred to the Scottish Government body Wave Energy Scotland. Operation The Pelamis machine is an offshore wave energy con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
