Apolemia
Apolemia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Apolemiidae.
| Apolemia | |
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| Apolemia uvaria | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Physonectae |
| Family: | Apolemiidae Huxley, 1859 |
| Genus: | Apolemia Eschscholtz, 1829 |
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Despite appearing to be a single multicellular organism, they are actually a floating colony of polyps and medusoids, collectively known as zooids.
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