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What is an obelia?

What is an obelia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (zoology) Any of various colonial marine hydroids of the genus Obelia.
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Cnidarians of the genus Obelia form colonies of polyps in their asexual generation.
This is a slide of Obelia, a colonial marine cnidarian that shows a distinct polymorphism in the organization of its members.
Sketch the Obelia Cnidaria medusa Obelia Medusae slide and label the bell, Deerhorn coral skeleton mouth, and tentacles.
In the coelenterate Obelia, the egg develops into a colonial hydroid consisting of a series of branching Hydra-like organisms called polyps.
The most abundant settlers at the oyster site were the hydroid Obelia sp.
This slide shows a medusa from the colonial cnidarian Obelia.

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