| Cavernularia | |
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| Cavernularia obesa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Veretillidae |
| Genus: | Cavernularia (Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) |
| Species | |
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The genus contains bioluminescent species. [2]
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