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Apolemia
Sign in to saveApolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Apolemia is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Siphonophorae, Animalia and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Apolemiidae, Bioluminescent cnidarians and Hydrozoan genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyApolemiidae
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
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Apolemia uvaria.jpg
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- taxon name
- Apolemia
- Commons category
- Apolemia
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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.