Cavernularia obesa is a species of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae.
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| Cavernularia obesa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Veretillidae |
| Genus: | Cavernularia |
| Species: | C. obesa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cavernularia obesa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
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Cavernularia obesa is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area.[1] It is a bioluminescent organism whose light-emitter is composed of 2-(p-hydroxyphenylacetamido)-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Cavernularia obesa - Details". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ The light-emitter in bioluminescence of the sea cactus Cavernularia obesa. Osamu Shimomura, Shoji Inoue and Toshio Goto, Chemistry Letters, Vol. 4 (1975) No. 3, pages 247-248 doi:10.1246/cl.1975.247
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