Octophialucium
| Octophialucium | |
|---|---|
| Octophialucium indicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Malagazziidae |
| Genus: | Kramp, 1955[1] |
| Species | |
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Octophialucium is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Malagazziidae.[2] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Octophialucium:[2]
- Octophialucium aphrodite (Bigelow, 1928)
- Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955
- Octophialucium funerarium (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
- Octophialucium haeckeli (Vannucci & Soares Moreira, 1966)
- Octophialucium huangweiae Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007
- Octophialucium indicum Kramp, 1958
- Octophialucium irregularis Schuchert & Collins, 2021
- Octophialucium krampi Bouillon, 1984
- Octophialucium medium Kramp, 1955
- Octophialucium mollis Bouillon, 1984
- Octophialucium sinensis Huang, Xu, Guo & Qiu, 2010
- Octophialucium solidum (Menon, 1932)
References
- ^ Kramp, Paul Lassenius (1955). The medusae of the tropical west coast of Africa. Danish Science Press, Limited.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Octophialucium Kramp, 1955". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ 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.