Olindias phosphorica
Appearance
Olindias phosphorica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Limnomedusae |
Family: | Olindiidae |
Genus: | Olindias |
Species: | O. phosphorica
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Binomial name | |
Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Olindias phosphorica, or cigar jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan from the central and eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.[2] The Mediterranean sea is a predominantly warm body of water, thus O. phosphorica is a warm-water Jellyfish. Global warming has facilitated the proliferation of the species throughout the Mediterranean sea.[3]
Feeding
[edit]A Cigar Jellyfish's diet consists of plankton mostly.[4]
Size
[edit]Their umbrellas grow up to 8 centimeter, have 100-120 secondary tentacles and 30-60 primary tentacles. Their stings do not cause much damage.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Olindias phosphorica. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Vella, Matthew (30 July 2010). "Jellyfish spotting campaign reports uncommon 'blue button' and 'cigar' species". MaltaToday. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ Gravili, C. (December 2011), New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records, vol. 12, pp. 491–508, doi:10.12681/mms.48
- ^ a b Santhanam, Ramasamy (2020). Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Cnidarians. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-981-15-1602-3.