Vargula | |
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Scientific 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.