Olindias [SEP] parent taxon
Olindias
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.
Species.
The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:
- "Olindias formosus" - flower hat jelly
- "Olindias malayensis"
- "Olindias phosphorica"
- "Olindias sambaquiensis"
- "Olindias singularis"
- "Olindias tenuis"