Collosphaera

<i>Collosphaera</i>

Collosphaera

Genus of radiolaria

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]

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Species

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

  1. [1]
    WoRMS (2008). "Collosphaera Müller, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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)
  4. [4]
    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. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.


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