Agalma elegans [Agalma elegans]
Description
Agalma elegans is another species of siphonophore found throughout many of the world's oceans. Like other siphonophores, it is a colonial organism, made up of many individual zooids that each perform a specific function. Agalma elegans can be distinguished from other species in its genus by its size, which is typically larger, and its coloration, which is often a vibrant red or orange. This species is known to inhabit the mesopelagic zone of the ocean, which is the layer of water just below the sunlit surface waters.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Jellyfish, Sea Anemones, and Relatives
Cnidaria
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|---|---|
| Class |
Hydroids, Fire Corals, and Stinging Anemones
Hydrozoa
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| Order |
Siphonophorae
Siphonophorae
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| Family |
Agalmatidae
Agalmatidae
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| Genus |
Agalma
Agalma
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