Olindias phosphorica

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]

Olindias phosphorica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Limnomedusae
Family: Olindiidae
Genus: Olindias
Species:
O. phosphorica
Binomial name
Olindias phosphorica
Synonyms
  • Olindias muelleri Graeffe, 1884

References

  1. Olindias phosphorica. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Vella, Matthew (30 July 2010). "Jellyfish spotting campaign reports uncommon 'blue button' and 'cigar' species". MaltaToday. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  3. Gravili, C. (December 2011), New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records, vol. 12, pp. 491–508, doi:10.12681/mms.48


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