Biology:Bolitaena
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Short description: Genus of octopuses
| Bolitaena | |
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| Bolitaena pygmaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Amphitretidae |
| Subfamily: | Bolitaeninae |
| Genus: | Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eledonella pygmaea A. E. Verrill, 1884
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Eledonella Verrill, 1884 | |
Bolitaena is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. It contains two species, a third species Bolitaena microcotyla is now regarded as a synonym of Haliphron atlanticus.[1]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238361. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3805450 entry
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