Olindias

Olindias
Olindias formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Hydrozoa
Order:Limnomedusae
Family:Olindiidae
Genus:Olindias
Müller, 1861 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
  • Olindioides Goto, 1903

Olindias is a genus of hydrozoans 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]

  • Flower hat jelly (Olindias formosus (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. 1 2 Olindias Mueller, 1861 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  2. ↑ Olindias Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2011-12-08.


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