Marine Species: Apolemia uvaria

(Lesueur, 1815)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Apolemiidae
Genus: Apolemia
Species: Apolemia uvaria

Species Data:

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Common Name: String jelly, string jellyfish
Description: Colonies constituted by a long filament (stolonium) usually helicoidal, over which are disposed the polyps.
Dimensions: They can reach various meters in length (up to 20 m!).
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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