Obelia longissima

Obelia longissima
Obelia longissima
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Campanulariidae
Genus: Obelia
Species:
O. longissima
Binomial name
Obelia longissima
(Pallas, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Campanularia flabellata Hincks, 1866
  • Laomedea flabellata (Hincks, 1866)
  • Laomedea longissima (Pallas, 1766)
  • Obelia flabellata (Hincks, 1866)
  • Obelia plana Haeckel, 1879

Obelia longissima is a colonial species of hydrozoan in the order Leptomedusae. Its hydroid form grows as feathery stems resembling seaweed from a basal stolon. It is found in many temperate and cold seas world-wide but is absent from the tropics.

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