Obelia medusae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
• Small, solitary, free swimming and pelagic sexual zooids arising from obelia colony.
• Umbrella like, transparent and gelatinous body.
• Body is divided into upper ex-umbrellar and lower sub-umbrellar surfaces.
• Presence of velum or craspedon.
• Presence of marginal tentacles.
• Gastro vascular cavity for digestion and circulation.
• Presence of marginal sensory structures called Statocysts.
• Obelia medusa are gonochoric or dioecious.