Sphaerozoum

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Sphaerozoum

Genus of radiolaria

Sphaerozoum is a radiolarian genus formerly reported in the subfamily Sphaerozoidae,[1] now reported in the Collosphaeridae.[2] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3][4]

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Species

The following species are recognized:[2]

  • Sphaerozoum punctatum (Huxley) Mueller, 1858

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]
    "Sphaerozoum". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Campbell, A. K.; Herring, P. J. (1990). "Imidazolopyrazine bioluminescence in copepods and other marine organisms". Marine Biology. 104 (2): 219–225. doi:10.1007/BF01313261. ISSN 0025-3162.
  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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