Lepidasthenia
Lepidasthenia is a genus of scaled Polychaete worms in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1]
| Lepidasthenia | |
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| Lepidasthenia loboi holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Lepidasthenia Malmgren |
| Type species | |
| Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840 | |
References
- 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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