Marrus orthocanna

Marrus orthocanna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Agalmatidae
Genus: Marrus
Species:
M. orthocanna
Binomial name
Marrus orthocanna
(Kramp, 1942)[1]
Synonyms
  • Stephanomia orthocanna Kramp, 1942

Marrus orthocanna is a species of pelagic siphonophore,[2][3] a colonial animal composed of a complex arrangement of zooids, some of which are polyps and some medusae. Swimming independently in the mid-ocean, it lives in the Arctic and other cold, deep waters.[4] It is a colonial creature that is born from a single egg which is fertilized. Later on, a protozoan forms that eventually grows to form more duplicating members of the colony.[5] It belongs to the order Siphonophorae and the genus Marrus, which also includes M. antarcticus, M. claudanielis, and M. orthocannoides.[6]

  1. ^ Kramp P. L. (1942). "Siphonophora. The Godthaab Expedition 1928". Medd. Grønl. 80(8): 3-24.
  2. ^ "Marrus orthocanna (Kramp, 1942)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  3. ^ G. Mapstone (2010). P. Schuchert (ed.). "Marrus orthocanna (Kramp, 1942)". World Hydrozoa database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  4. ^ Siphonophores Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. ^ "Clues to future of undersea exploration may reside inside a jellyfish-like creature". www.nsf.gov. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  6. ^ Dunn, Casey & Pugh, Philip & Haddock, Steven. (2005). Marrus Claudanielis, a New Species of Deep-sea Physonect Siphonophore (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 76. 699-714.