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Apolemia
Sign in to saveApolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.
Species
ケムシクラゲ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyApolemiidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Apolemiidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, YPM, USNM, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, United States, France, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Research
- Species
- Anatomy
- Pneumatophore
- Nectophore
- Nematocysts
- Ecology
- References
Apolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.
Like other siphonophores, Apolemia members may resemble an individual organism, but they are instead colonial, consisting of many polyp and medusoid components collectively known as zooids.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apolemia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.