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Agalmatidae
Agalmatidae, or Agalmidae, is a family of siphonophores. Systematic list *Genus '' Agalma'' Eschscholtz, 1825 **''Agalma clausi'' Bedot, 1888 **''Agalma elegans'' (Sars, 1846) **''Agalma okenii'' Eschscholtz, 1825 * Genus '' Athorybia'' Eschscholtz, 1829 ** '' Athorybia lucida'' Biggs, 1978 ** '' Athorybia rosacea'' (Forskål, 1775) * Genus '' Frillagalma'' Daniel, 1966 ** '' Frillagalma vityazi'' Daniel, 1966 *Genus '' Halistemma'' Huxley, 1859 **'' Halistemma cupulifera'' Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 **'' Halistemma foliacea'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) **'' Halistemma maculatum'' Pugh & Baxter, 2014 **'' Halistemma rubrum'' (Vogt, 1852) **'' Halistemma striata'' Totton, 1965 **'' Halistemma transliratum'' Pugh & Youngbluth, 1988 *Genus '' Lychnagalma'' Haeckel, 1888 **'' Lychnagalma utricularia'' (Claus, 1879) *Genus '' Marrus'' Totton, 1954 **'' Marrus antarcticus'' Totton, 1954 **'' Marrus claudanielis'' Dunn, Pugh & Haddock, 2005 **''Marrus orthocanna'' (Kramp, 1942) **'' Marrus o ...
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Marrus Orthocanna
''Marrus orthocanna'' is a species of pelagic siphonophore, a colonial animal composed of a complex arrangement of zooids, some of which are polyps and some medusae. Swimming independently in the mid-ocean, it lives in the Arctic and other cold, deep waters.Siphonophores
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It is a colonial creature that is born from a single egg which is fertilized. Later on, a protozoan forms that eventually grows to form more duplicating members of the colony. It belongs to the order and the genus ''Marrus'', which also includes ''M. antarcticus, M. claudanielis, and M. orthocannoides''.


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Like other siphonophores, ''Marrus orthocanna'' is a colony composed of a number of special ...
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