Metridinidae

Metridinidae
Metridia gerlachei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Metridinidae
G. O. Sars, 1902
Genera
Synonyms [1]

Metridiidae Sars, 1902, non Carlgren, 1893

Metridinidae is a family of copepods, comprising three genera – Gaussia, Metridia and Pleuromamma.[1] It has also been referred to as "Metridiidae", but following a petition to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, that name has been restricted to the family Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893, based on the anthozoan genus Metridium.[2] All species in the family can produce blue-green bioluminescence; the light is produced in glands, whose position varies between genera.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Metridinidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. ^ H. Y. Soh, S. Ohtsuka & H.-L. Suh (1999). "Phylogenetic relationships of the family Metridinidae (Copepoda: Calanoida)" (PDF). Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology. 2 (2): 122–128.
  3. ^ Peter J. Herring (1988). "Copepod luminescence". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 183–195. Bibcode:1988HyBio.167..183H. doi:10.1007/BF00026304.


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