Cavernularia | |
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Cavernularia obesa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Anthozoa |
Subclass: | |
Order: | Pennatulacea |
Family: | Veretillidae |
Genus: |
Cavernularia (Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) |
Species | |
Cavernularia is a genus of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae.
C. obesa is a bioluminescent organism whose light-emitter is composed of 2-(p-hydroxyphenylacetamido)-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine.