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Voragonema

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Hydrozoa

Family
  
Rhopalonematidae

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Trachymedusae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Rhopalonematidae, Benthocodon, Trachymedusae, Trachylinae, Crossota

Voragonema is a genus of jellyfish belonging to the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises four species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these jellyfish do not have a sessile stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. Centripetal expansions protruding from the ring canal is a characteristic that separates this genus from other genera in the family Rhopalonematidae.

Species

  • Voragonema laciniata
  • Voragonema pedunculata
  • Voragonema profundicola
  • Voragonema tatsunoko
  • References

    Voragonema Wikipedia