Vargula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Myodocopida
Family: Cypridinidae
Subfamily: Cypridininae
Tribe: Cypridinini
Genus: Vargula
Skogsberg, 1920

Vargula is a genus in the Cypridinidae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2] 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

  1. โ†‘ "Cypridina (Vargula) Skogsberg, 1920". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. โ†‘ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147โ€“163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
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