Vargula

Vargula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Myodocopida
Family: Cypridinidae
Subfamily: Cypridininae
Tribe: Cypridinini
Genus: Vargula
Skogsberg, 1920

Vargula is a genus in the Cypridinidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Vargula hilgendorfii (formerly Cypridina hilgendorfii), native to Japan, is likely the best-studied Vargula. Some species currently within Vargula (e.g. Vargula tsujii) may be split into their own genus.

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