(ofTottonia contorta Margulis, 1976)Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian). page(s): 1246 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2021). World Hydrozoa Database. Apolemia contorta (Margulis, 1976). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2021) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746147 on 2026-08-16
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Apolemia contorta (Margulis, 1976). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746147 on 2026-08-16
original description(ofTottonia contorta Margulis, 1976)Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian). page(s): 1246 [details]
basis of recordSiebert, S.; Pugh, P.R.; Haddock, S.H.D.; Dunn, C.W. (2013). Re-evaluation of characters in Apolemiidae (Siphonophora), with description of two new species from Monterey Bay, California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3702 (3): 201-232., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.1 page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
ecology sourceLindsay, D.J. (2008). Cnidaria in Section 5: Middle and deep biological communities: plankton, nekton. pp.295-320. In: Deep Sea Life, Biological observations using research submersibles. Publisher: JAMSTEC. 512pp. In Japanese.[details]
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