Apolemia

Apolemia
Apolemia uvaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Suborder: Physonectae
Family: Apolemiidae
Huxley, 1859
Genus: Apolemia
Eschscholtz, 1829[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ramosia Stepanjants, 1967
  • Tottonia Margulis, 1976[2]

Apolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.[2]

Despite appearing to be a single multicellular organism, they are actually a floating colony of polyps and medusoids, collectively known as zooids.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eschscholtz 1929 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Schuchert P, ed. (2022). "Apolemiidae Huxley, 1859". World Hydrozoa database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 November 2022.