Conchoecia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Halocyprida |
Family: | Halocyprididae |
Subfamily: | Conchoeciinae |
Tribe: | Conchoeciini |
Genus: |
Conchoecia Dana, 1853 |
Species | |
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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
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]
The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia:
Conchoecia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Halocyprida |
Family: | Halocyprididae |
Subfamily: | Conchoeciinae |
Tribe: | Conchoeciini |
Genus: |
Conchoecia Dana, 1853 |
Species | |
See text |
Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
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]
The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia: