Cavernularia (cnidarian)

Cavernularia is a genus of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae.[1]

Cavernularia
Cavernularia obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Pennatulacea
Family: Veretillidae
Genus: Cavernularia
(Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
Species

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The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Species
  • Cavernularia capitata Williams, 1989
  • Cavernularia chuni Kükenthal & Broch, 1911
  • Cavernularia clavata Kükenthal & Broch, 1911
  • Cavernularia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1954
  • Cavernularia dedeckeri Williams, 1989
  • Cavernularia elegans (Herklots, 1858)
  • Cavernularia glans Kölliker, 1872
  • Cavernularia habereri Moroff, 1902
  • Cavernularia kuekenthali Lopez Gonzalez, Gili & Williams, 2000
  • Cavernularia lutkenii Kölliker, 1872
  • Cavernularia malabarica Fowler, 1894
  • Cavernularia mirifica Tixier-Durivault, 1963
  • Cavernularia obesa Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  • Cavernularia pusilla (Philippi, 1835)
  • Cavernularia vansyoci Williams, 2005
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References
  1. The pennatulacean genus Cavernularia Valenciennes (Octocorallia: Veretillidae). Gary C. Williams, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 1989, Volume 95, Issue 4, pages 285–310, doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb02313.x
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.


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