Apolemiidae Huxley, 1859 
AphiaID: 135345

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Siphonophorae > Physonectae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Physonectae
Sources		basis of record: Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details] source of synonymy: Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50. page(s): 127 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Apolemia Eschscholtz, 1829 Genus Tottonia Margulis, 1976 Genus Ramosia Stepanjants, 1967 accepted as Tottonia Margulis, 1976
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		Diagnosis: Physonectae with one or more tentacles between each pair of nectophores. Nectophore deeply hollowed axially, forming a pair of large axial wings. Nectosac very long. [details]
Image		Family Apolemiidae: typical form added on 2013-06-19 - author: Schuchert, Peter qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-19 16:38:41
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135345
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Mapstone, Gill 2006-01-27 08:54:21Z   checked   Mapstone, Gill
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		Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Apolemiidae Huxley, 1859. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135345 on 2013-06-20