Olindias muelleri Haeckel, 1879 is a animal in the Olindiidae family, order Limnomedusae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Olindias muelleri Haeckel, 1879
The warm-water hydrozoan species Olindias muelleri (cigar jellyfish) lives in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, with spreading driven by global warming.
Olindias muelleri Haeckel, 1879 (with the synonym Olindias phosphorica) is commonly called the cigar jellyfish. It is a species of hydrozoan found in the central and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. Because the Mediterranean Sea is mostly a warm body of water, this jellyfish is classified as a warm-water species. Global warming has helped this species increase its population and spread throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
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