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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Limnomedusae
Family:	Olindiidae
Genus:	Olindias
Species:	O. phosphorica
Binomial name
Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
Olindias muelleri Graeffe, 1884

Feeding

A Cigar Jellyfish's diet consists of plankton mostly.^[4]

Size

Their umbrellas grow up to 8 centimeter, have 100-120 secondary tentacles and 30-60 primary tentacles. Their stings do not cause much damage.^[4]