Apolemia information

Apolemia

Apolemia uvaria
Scientific 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.

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

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