Cavernularia (cnidarian)
| Cavernularia | |
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| Cavernularia obesa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Veretillidae |
| Genus: | Cavernularia (Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) |
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Cavernularia is a genus of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae.[1]
C. obesa is a bioluminescent organism whose light-emitter is composed of 2-(p-hydroxyphenylacetamido)-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine.[2]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The light-emitter in bioluminescence of the sea cactus Cavernularia obesa. Osamu Shimomura, Shoji Inoue and Toshio Goto, Chemistry Letters, Vol. 4 (1975) No. 3, pages 247-248 doi:10.1246/cl.1975.247
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