Gaussia (crustacean)

For the genus of palms, see Gaussia (plant).

Gaussia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Metridinidae
Genus: Gaussia
Wolfenden, 1905
Type species
Pleuromma princeps
(T. Scott, 1894)

Gaussia is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of 0–3,000 metres (0–9,843 ft).[2] The genus Gaussia contains the following species:[3]

References

  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. ^ Tagea K. S. Björnberg; Antonio Frederico Campaner (1988). G. A. Boxshall; H. K. Schminke (eds.). "On Gaussia Wolfenden (Copepoda, Calanoida, Metridinidae)". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 351–356. Bibcode:1988HyBio.167..351B. doi:10.1007/BF00026324.
  3. ^ Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Tagea K. S. Björnberg & Antonio F. Campaner (1990). "On the genus Gaussia and the species G. asymmetrica (Copepoda, Calanoida)". Crustaceana. 58 (1): 106–112. doi:10.1163/156854090x00822. JSTOR 20104529.
  5. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1990). "Opinion 1590. Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 47 (2): 145–146.
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