Halecium
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Halecium is a genus of hydrozoa in the Haleciidae
Haleciidae
The Haleciidae are a hydrozoan family of the suborder Conica. Their hydroid colonies emerge from a creeping hydrorhiza and usually form upright branching colonies; some species' colonies are stolonal though. Their gonophores are typically sporosacs, growing singly or bunched into a glomulus...

family, consisting of approximately 120 species. These marine invertebrates are found in all oceans, where they often form large colonies.
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