Bassia (hydrozoan)

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Bassia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Abylidae
Genus: Bassia
L. Agassiz, 1862[2]
Species:
B. bassensis
Binomial name
Bassia bassensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)[1]
Synonyms[3]

Bassia is a monotypic siphonophore genus in the family Abylidae. The genus only contains the bioluminescent species Bassia bassensis.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1833). "Zoologie IV: Zoophytes". In: Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18513#page/9/mode/1up Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine page(s): 91, pl. 4 figs 18-20
  2. ^ Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54510#page/9/mode/1up Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine page(s): 372
  3. ^ Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135353 Archived 2017-06-01 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-06-21
  4. ^ 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.


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