Marrus

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Marrus
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Marrus orthocanna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Agalmatidae
Genus: Marrus
Totton, 1954

Marrus is a genus of siphonophores. Species include:

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