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Vargula
Sign in to saveVargula is a genus in the Cypridinidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Vargula hilgendorfii (formerly Cypridina hilgendorfii), native to Japan, is likely the best-studied Vargula. Some species currently within Vargula (e.g. Vargula tsujii) may be split into their own genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassOstracoda
- OrderMyodocopida
- FamilyCypridinidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 181
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cypridinidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama, Falkland Islands, Argentina, Philippines, Australia
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Vargula is a genus in the Cypridinidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Vargula hilgendorfii (formerly Cypridina hilgendorfii), native to Japan, is likely the best-studied Vargula. Some species currently within Vargula (e.g. Vargula tsujii) may be split into their own genus.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vargula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.