The above photo is of Apolemia lanosa a type of siphonophore belonging to phylum Cnidaria that also includes corals and jellies. It’s basically the ocean's way of celebrating Christmas all year long.

Apolemia is a genus of the siphonophore. The Apolemia siphonophore featured in the video posted by Schmidt Ocean is addressed as possibly the “largest-ever recorded” specimen.

The Schmidt Ocean Institute shared a stunning video of the Apolemia, a type of siphonophore, on Twitter Monday that was captured during an expedition of the deep sea Ningaloo Canyons.

Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding ...

Check out this beautiful siphonophore Apolemia recorded on Schmidt Ocean's Ningaloo Canyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like ...

Helm says of Apolemia's age: 'Deep-sea creatures grow terribly slowly, so it is difficult to pinpoint their age accurately, but probably not for decades to hundreds of years.

Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding ...

Called a siphonophore Apolemia, though known in some places as a "long stringy stingy thingy," the massive tentacle-like creature was found 630 meters below the surface of the ocean off the coast ...

But, researchers were able to capture a bizarre and otherworldly creature from the deep sea: a 150-foot long siphonophore known as Apolemia. The siphonophore is related to the jellyfish and corals.

Scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered an unusual organism in the eastern Indian Ocean, off the remote western coast of Australian. The researchers took video of the Apolemia ...

Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding ...