. . . . . "Apolemia uvaria, commonly known as string jellyfish, barbed wire jellyfish, and long stringy stingy thingy, is a siphonophore in the family Apolemiidae.String jellyfish are colonial animals which may reach 3 m in total length and have a diameter of 2\u20135 cm. The colony is formed of a central string, bearing groups of pink and white tentacles which clump together or extend. The whole colony has a gas float at the front and a set of swimming bells."@en . . . . .