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Cavernularia (cnidarian)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Anthozoa

Order
  
Pennatulacea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Subclass
  
Octocorallia

Family
  
Veretillidae

Cavernularia (cnidarian)

Similar
  
Cavernularia obesa, Sea pen, Veretillidae, Octocorallia, Pteroeides

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.

References

Cavernularia (cnidarian) Wikipedia