Bolitaena

Bolitaena
Bolitaena pygmaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Amphitretidae
Subfamily: Bolitaeninae
Genus: Bolitaena
Steenstrup, 1859[1]
Type species
Eledonella pygmaea
Species
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]

  1. ^ a b c Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ 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.