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Cavernularia (cnidarian)

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Cavernularia
Cavernularia obesa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: 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]

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

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References

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  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. ^ 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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