Name

Obelia

Framing

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Hydrozoa

Order: Leptothecata

Genus: Obelia

Habitat

Aquatic, marine. Polyp phase: benthic, hard bottom. Jellyfish phase: pelagic, planktonic.

Feeding

Often colonial. Feeding: plankton

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Conservation status

Not evaluated

Additional information

The polyp phase is dominant in the cycle, the medusa may be absent.