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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Species | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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]