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is a small, gelatinous hydrozoan growing to around 2 cm (0.8 in) in width. It is transparent and pale blue, with four primary noncontractile tentacles set high above the margin of the dome-shaped bell. Lower down near the undulating margin are four short secondary tentacles, each with a
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