Olindias
| Olindias | |
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| Olindias formosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Limnomedusae |
| Family: | Olindiidae |
| Genus: | Olindias Müller, 1861 [1] |
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Olindioides Goto, 1903 | |
Olindias is a genus of jellyfish in the family Olindiidae.
Characteristics
Members of the genus Olindias have a dome-shaped bell, four radial canals and many centripetal canals. The gonads are beside the radial canals and have characteristic papilliform processes. There are a few primary tentacles growing part way down the bell with adhesive suckers and cnidocytes in bands. There are a pair of statocysts adjoining the base of each primary tentacle. There are a much larger number of short marginal tentacles with rings of cnidocytes for immobilising prey. Between these tentacles there are a number of club-shaped processes which may develop into tentacles.[2]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:[1]
- Olindias formosa (Goto, 1903)
- Olindias malayensis Maas, 1905
- Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
- Olindias sambaquiensis Müller, 1861
- Olindias singularis Browne, 1905
- Olindias tenuis (Fewkes, 1882)
References
- 1 2 Olindias Mueller, 1861 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ Olindias Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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