Vargula hilgendorfii
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Vargula hilgendorfii, sometimes called the sea-firefly and one of three bioluminescent species known in Japan as umi-hotaru (海蛍),[1] is a species of ostracod crustacean. It is the only member of genus Vargula to inhabit Japanese waters; all other members of its genus inhabit the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and waters off the coast of California.[2] V. hilgendorfii was formerly more common, but its numbers have fallen significantly.[3]
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Vargula hilgendorfii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Myodocopida |
Family: | Cypridinidae |
Genus: | Vargula |
Species: | V. hilgendorfii |
Binomial name | |
Vargula hilgendorfii G. W. Müller, 1890 | |
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