Conchoecia
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| Genus: | Conchoecia Dana, 1853
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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoecinae.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.[2]
Species[]
- Müller, 1906
- (G. W. Müller, 1906)
- Müller, 1906
- (Müller, 1906)
- (Muller, 1906)
- Müller, 1906
- Deevey, 1978
- Müller, 1906
- Claus, 1890
- Sars, 1866
- Müller, 1906
- Müller, 1906
- (Müller, 1906)
- Lubbock, 1862
- (Clauss, 1890)
- Müller, 1906
- Deevey, 1982
- Brady and Norman, 1896
- (Müller, 1906)
- Claus, 1890
- (Brady, 1880)
- Merrylal James, 1972
- G. W. Müller, 1906
- (Claus, 1894)
- G. W. Müller, 1906
- Angel, 1971
- Claus, 1874
- Müller, 1906
- Müller, 1906
- G. W. Müller, 1906
- Claus, 1890
- Rudjakov, 1962
- Müller, 1906
- Müller, 1906
- Claus, 1874
- Iles 1953
- Clauss, 1890
- Claus, 1874
- Müller, 1906
- Müller, 1906
- Claus, 1890
- (Müller, 1906)
- Iles, 1953
- (Müller, 1906)
- Names brought to synonymy
- Conchoecia elegans G. O. Sars, 1866, a synonym for Discoconchoecia elegans (G. O. Sars, 1866)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oba, Yuichi; Tsuduki, Hiroshi; Kato, Shin-ichi; Ojika, Makoto; Inouye, Satoshi (2004). "Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora". ChemBioChem. 5 (11): 1495–1499. doi:10.1002/cbic.200400102. PMID 15515099.
External links[]
- "Conchoecia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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