Cavernularia (cnidarian)

Cavernularia
Cavernularia obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Pennatulacea
Family: Veretillidae
Genus: Cavernularia
(Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
Species

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

  1. 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
  2. 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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