Octophialucium

Octophialucium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Leptothecata
Family:	Malagazziidae
Genus:	Octophialucium 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:[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 krampi Bouillon, 1984
• Octophialucium medium Kramp, 1955
• Octophialucium mollis Bouillon, 1984
• Octophialucium neustona Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007
• Octophialucium sinensis Huang, Xu, Guo & Qiu, 2010
• Octophialucium solidum (Menon, 1932)

References

1. Kramp, Paul Lassenius (1955). The medusae of the tropical west coast of Africa. Danish Science Press, Limited.
2. Schuchert, P. (2019). "Octophialucium Kramp, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
3. 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.