Apolemia
| Apolemia | |
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| Apolemia uvaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Physonectae |
| Family: | Apolemiidae Huxley, 1859 |
| Genus: | Apolemia Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Species | |
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Apolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.[1]
Despite appearing to be a single multicellular organism, they are actually a floating colony of polyps and medusoids, collectively known as zooids.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Apolemia Eschscholtz, 1829:[2]
- Apolemia contorta sensu (Margulis, 1976)
- Apolemia lanosa Siebert, Pugh, Haddock & Dunn, 2013
- Apolemia rubriversa Siebert, Pugh, Haddock & Dunn, 2013
- Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815)
- Apolemia vitiazi (Stepanjants, 1967)
Former genera
- Ramosia Stepanjants, 1967
- Tottonia Margulis, 1976[1]
References
- 1 2 http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135345 accessed 7 September 2013
- ↑ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135393 accessed 7 September 2013
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