Japetella
| Japetella | |
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| Japetella diaphana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Amphitretidae |
| Subfamily: | Bolitaeninae |
| Genus: | Japetella Hoyle, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Japetella diaphana Hoyle, 1885[1]
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Japetella is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. It contains at least one species but another two have been questionably raised with Japetella heathi being of doubtful validity, although currently accepted and Japetella taningi being classed as a nomen dubium.[1]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
References
- ^ a b Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Japetella Hoyle, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ 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.