Erenna
| Erenna | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Family: | Erennidae |
| Genus: | Erenna Bedot, 1904 |
Erenna is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Erennidae.[1]
The species of this genus are found in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.[1]
The species E. sirena is the second animal found to produce red light (the first being the Stomiidae dragonfish)[2] and the first invertebrate to produce red bioluminescence.[3]
E. insidiator and E. sirena are two species of Erenna that were discovered near California and Mexico in 2016. This discovery has allowed for the identification of three different types of tentilla on tentacles.[4]
Species:[1]
- Erenna cornuta Pugh, 2001
- Erenna insidiator Pugh & Haddock, 2016
- Erenna laciniata Pugh, 2001
- Erenna richardi Bedot, 1904
- Erenna sirena Pugh & Haddock, 2016
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Erenna Bedot, 1904". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ "MarineMadnessDotBLog". Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "DSG - Erenna sirena". Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ Pugh, P. R.; Haddock, S. H. (2016). "A description of two new species of the genus Erenna (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Erennidae), with notes on recently collected specimens of other Erenna species, 2016". Zootaxa. 4189 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.1. PMID 27988743.