Poralia rufescens Vanhöffen, 1902
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Family:  Ulmaridae (), subfamily: Poraliinae
Max. size:  25 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine; depth range 550 - 2522 m
Distribution:  Cosmopolitan.
Diagnosis:  Up to 25 cm wide; margin wavy, with 16 deep clefts for the rhopalia; the ring canal gives rise to one or two blindly-ending diverticula in each of the inter-rhopalar spaces; about 40 simple radial canals; gonads an almost continuous ring around the periphery of the stomach.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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