Flower hat jelly

Flower hat jelly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Limnopolypae
Family:	Olindiasidae
Genus:	Olindias
Species:	O. formosa
Binomial name
Olindias formosa (Goto, 1903)[1][2]

The flower hat jelly (Olindias formosa) is a rare species of jellyfish occurring primarily in waters off Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan. Characterized by lustrous tentacles that coil and adhere to its rim when not in use, the flower hat jelly's bell is translucent and pinstriped with opaque bands, making it easily recognizable.

The flower hat jelly can grow to be about 15 cm (6 inches) in diameter. Its sting is painful but non-lethal to humans. Its diet consists mostly of small fish.

Gallery

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  Flower hat jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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  Flower hat jellyfish at Shin-Enoshima Aquarium, Kanagawa, Japan

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Reference

1. ^ ^{a b} Olindias formosa.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285107.
2. ^ ^{a b} Goto, S. (1903). The craspedote medusa Olindias and some of its natural allies. In: Mark Anniversary Volume, 1903, p. 1–22. The full text

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