Obelia bidentata Doubletoothed hydroid, Wine Glass Hydroid

Obelia bidentatais commonly referred to as Doubletoothed hydroid, Wine Glass Hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6953 

AphiaID:

117385 

Scientific:

Obelia bidentata 

German:

Hydrozon 

English:

Doubletoothed Hydroid, Wine Glass Hydroid 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Campanulariidae (Family) > Obelia (Genus) > bidentata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Clark, 1875 

Occurrence:

Circumglobal 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

28.4 °F - 80.6 °F (-2°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Obelia bidentata
  Hydrozon
• Obelia castellata
• 
  Obelia dichotoma
  Hydrozoon
• Obelia diversa
• 
  Obelia geniculata
  Obeliapolyp, Glockenpolyp
• Obelia irregularis
• Obelia longissima
• Obelia spongicola
• Obelia striata

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-04 18:36:09 

Last edit:

2014-04-04 18:36:09 

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