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String jelly

Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The string jelly (Apolemia uvaria) is a species in the family Apolemiidae, order Siphonophorae.

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Quick facts about the string jelly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the string jelly live?

Not recorded

Is the string jelly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the string jelly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classHydrozoa
  4. orderSiphonophorae
  5. familyApolemiidae
  6. genusApolemia
  7. SpeciesApolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815)

Synonyms Agalma punctata, Stephanomia uvaria

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Barbed wire jellyEnglish
  • Long Stringy Stingy ThingyEnglish
  • měchýřovka hroznováCzech
  • Perlenketten-QualleGerman
  • Siphonophore fil de ferFrench
  • ケムシクラゲJapanese
  • perlesnormanetNorwegian Bokmål
  • trassligt havssnöreSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the string jelly

Other species in the same genus Apolemia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the string jelly?

The string jelly (Apolemia uvaria) belongs to the family Apolemiidae in the order Siphonophorae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). String jelly (Apolemia uvaria). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/string-jelly

MLA

“String jelly (Apolemia uvaria).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/string-jelly.

BibTeX
@misc{string_jelly_2026,
  title = {String jelly (Apolemia uvaria)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/string-jelly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}