Octophialucium

Octophialucium
Octophialucium indicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Leptothecata
Family:	Malagazziidae
Genus:	Octophialucium Kramp, 1955 [1]
Species
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Octophialucium is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Malagazziidae. ^[2] The genus contains bioluminescent species. ^[3]

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Octophialucium: ^[2]

• Octophialucium aphrodite (Bigelow, 1928)
• Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955
• Octophialucium funerarium (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
• Octophialucium haeckeli (Vannucci & Soares Moreira, 1966)
• Octophialucium huangweiae Xu, Huang & Guo, 2007
• Octophialucium indicum Kramp, 1958
• Octophialucium irregularis Schuchert & Collins, 2021
• Octophialucium krampi Bouillon, 1984
• Octophialucium medium Kramp, 1955
• Octophialucium mollis Bouillon, 1984
• Octophialucium sinensis Huang, Xu, Guo & Qiu, 2010
• Octophialucium solidum (Menon, 1932)

References

1. Kramp, Paul Lassenius (1955). The medusae of the tropical west coast of Africa. Danish Science Press, Limited.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Octophialucium Kramp, 1955". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
3. 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.