Collosphaera
| Collosphaera | |
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| Illustration of Collosphaera huxleyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Radiolaria |
| Class: | Polycystina |
| Order: | Nassellaria |
| Family: | Collozoidae |
| Subfamily: | Collosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Collosphaera Müller 1859 |
| Species | |
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6; see text | |
Collosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the family Collosphaeridae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2][3] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[4]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognized:[1]
- Collosphaera armata Brandt
- Collosphaera confossa Takahashi, 1991
- Collosphaera huxleyi Mueller, 1855
- Collosphaera macropora Popofsky, 1917
- Collosphaera polygona Haeckel, 1887
- Collosphaera tuberosa Haeckel, 1887
References
[edit]- 1 2 WoRMS (2008). "Collosphaera Müller, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
- ↑ Poupin J.; Cussatlegras A.S.; Geistdoerfer P. (1999). "Plancton Marin Bioluminescent: inventaire documenté des espèces et bilan des formes les plus communes de la mer d'Iroise". Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie: 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Latz, Michael I.; Frank, Tamara M.; Case, James F.; Swift, Elijah; Bidigare, Robert R. (1987). "Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109 (1): 25–38. Bibcode:1987JEMBE.109...25L. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.
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