Olindias muelleri Cigar jellyfish

Olindias muelleri is commonly referred to as Cigar jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7677 

AphiaID:

292470 

Scientific:

Olindias muelleri 

German:

Hydromeduse 

English:

Cigar Jellyfish 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Limnomedusae (Order) > Olindiidae (Family) > Olindias (Genus) > muelleri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haeckel, 1879 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Indian Ocean, Northern Africa, Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Olindias formosus
  Blumenhut-Hydromeduse
• Olindias malayensis
• Olindias phosphorica
• Olindias sambaquiensis
• Olindias singularis
• 
  Olindias tenuis
  Hydromeduse

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Olindias muelleri
  Hydromeduse

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-08 19:36:15 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 20:02:42 

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