| Aplanulata | |
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| Myriothela tentaculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Suborder: | Aplanulata Collins, Winkelman, Hadrys & Schierwater, 2005 [1] |
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Aplanulata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine and freshwater invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. The group have lost its planula larval stage, and the only remnants of the medusa stage is when they function as gonophores attached to the polyp.[2]
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WoRMSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nawrocki, A. M.; Cartwright, P. (2013). "Expression of WNT pathway genes in polyps and medusa-like structures of Ectopleura larynx (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)". Evolution & Development. 15 (5): 373–384. doi:10.1111/ede.12045. PMID 24074282. S2CID 5337426.