Aequorea Victoria
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Scientific name | Aequorea victoria |
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Higher classification | Aequorea |
Class | Hydrozoa |
Phylum | Cnidaria |
Family | Aequoreidae |
Kingdom | Animalia |
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ID | 3066653 |
About Aequorea Victoria
Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America. The species is best known as the source of two proteins involved in bioluminescence, aequorin, a photoprotein, and green fluorescent protein.