| Cunina | |
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| Cunina octonaria hatched hydra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Narcomedusae |
| Family: | Cuninidae |
| Genus: | Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829 | |
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Cunina is a genus of hydrozoan in the Cuninidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.
Species
The following species are recognized:
- Cunina becki Bouillon, 1985
- Cunina discoides Fewkes, 1881
- Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893
- Cunina fowleri (Browne, 1906)
- Cunina frugifera Kramp, 1948
- Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829
- Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1857
- Cunina peregrina Bigelow, 1909
- Cunina proboscidea E. & L. Metschnikoff, 1871
- Cunina simplex Gili, Bouillon, Pagès, Palanques, Puig & Heussner, 1998
- Cunina tenella (Bigelow, 1909)
References
- ^ Schuchert, P. (2019). "Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- 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.
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