''Photeros'' is a genus in the

Cypridinidae Cypridinidae is a family of ostracods, containing the following genera: *'' Amphisiphonostra'' Poulsen, 1962 *'' Azygocypridina'' Sylvester-Bradley, 1950 *'' Bathyvargula'' Kornicker, 1968 *'' Codonocera'' Brady, 1902 *'' Cypridina'' Milne-Edwa ...

. The genus contains bioluminescent species, and is one of the genera of bioluminescent

ostracod Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typi ...

s which show stereotyped bioluminescent mating signals.

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Bioluminescent ostracods Ostracod genera {{Crustacean-stub