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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Hydrozoa
Subclassis: Hydroidolina
Ordo: Leptothecata
Familia: Malagazziidae
Genus: Octophialucium
Species: O. aphrodite – O. bigelowi – O. funerarium – O. haeckeli – O. huangweiae – O. indicum – O. krampi – O. medium – O. mollis – O. neustona – O. sinensis – O. solidum
Name

Octophialucium Kramp, 1955
References

Kramp P. L. 1955. The medusae of the tropical West Coast of Africa. - Atlantide Report 3: 239–324.

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

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