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Updated 3/6/2014

Family Olindiasidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Olindias tenuis



Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida *

OLINDIAS

Uncommon species of the Tropical Western Atlantic.  Attains bell diameter of at least 1.5 inch.
* Federally-funded images via: "Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL", PI Angel Yanagihara with UH Diving Safety Program Divers E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, NIH RMATRIX Award U54RR026136 (May -July, 2011).

These results were also presented in a poster "E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, J. Smith, A. Jaferis, K. Kelly and A. Yanagihara, Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology John A. Burns School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Symposium. University of Hawai’i’. April 18th, 2012"