Octophialucium Explained

Octophialucium is a genus of Hydrozoan in the family Malagazziidae.^[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognized:^[1]

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Schuchert, P.. 2019. Octophialucium Kramp, 1955. 117150. 23 March 2019.
2. Herring . Peter J. . Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms . Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence . 1987 . 3. 1 . 147–163. 10.1002/bio.1170010303 . 3503524 .