Voragonema is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises four species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these 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.
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Voragonema is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises four species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these 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
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