Collozoum

<i>Collozoum</i>

Collozoum

Genus of radiolaria

Collozoum is a radiolarian genus formerly reported in the subfamily Sphaerozoidae,[1] now reported descending from the order Collodaria.[2] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3]

Quick Facts Collozoum, Scientific classification ...

Species

The following species are recognized:[2]

  • Collozoum inerme (J. Müller, 1856)

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "Collozoum Haeckel, 1862 sensu Brandt, 1905". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    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.


Stub icon

This Radiolarian-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Collozoum, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.