FIGURE 3 in Re-evaluation of characters in Apolemiidae (Siphonophora), with description of two new species from Monterey Bay, California

FIGURE 3. Apolemia lanosa sp. nov. Nectosome of the holotype specimen (live, A–C) and specimen from Doc Ricketts dive D329 (live, D). (A) Nectosomal growth zone with young nectophores still attached. The pneumatophore is at center and posterior at the bottom. (B) Close-up of the nectosomal growth zone. The pneumatophore is just out of frame to the upper left. (C) Posterior part of nectosome and anterior part of siphosome after removal of nectophores, with nectosomal palpons still attached to the ventral side of the stem. Anterior is up. (D) Close-up of twisted nectosomal organization with nectophores still attached. Anterior is up. Scale bars in A–D 5 mm.