Photeros is a genus in the Cypridinidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species, and is one of the genera of bioluminescent ostracods which show stereotyped bioluminescent mating signals.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Myodocopida |
| Family: | Cypridinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cypridininae |
| Genus: | Photeros Cohen & Morin, 2010[1] |
References
edit- ^ "Enewton Cohen & Morin, 2010". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Cohen, Anne C.; Morin, James G. (2010). "Two New Bioluminescent Ostracode Genera, Enewton and Photeros (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae), with Three New Species from Jamaica". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30: 1–55. doi:10.1651/08-3075.1.
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