Huxley, 1859
Nectophore with a very characteristic shape being deeply hollowed axially, forming a pair of large axial wings. The nectosac is extensive and its lateral radial canals follow an S-shaped course of varying complexity. Uniquely, amongst the physonects, there is a tentacle, or clump of tentacles (? larval) between each pair of nectophores. Small delicate bracts that preserve poorly. Three species in separate genera have been described, 2 since Totton (1965). Material collected from submersibles indicates that there might be up to another ten species (Pugh, pers. obs). However, the 4 nectophores in the single record for the area (Pagès and Gili, 1992) belong to Apolemia uvaria.
Genus Apolemia