Biology:Gaussia (copepod)

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Gaussia
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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]

  • Gaussia asymmetrica T. K. S. Björnberg & Campaner, 1988
  • Gaussia gadusae Sarkar, 2004
  • Gaussia intermedia Defaye, 1998
  • Gaussia melanotica Wolfenden, 1905
  • Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894) (type species)[4][5]
  • Gaussia sewelli Saraswathy, 1973

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. ed. "On Gaussia Wolfenden (Copepoda, Calanoida, Metridinidae)". Hydrobiologia 167–168 (1): 351–356. doi:10.1007/BF00026324. 
  3. Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). "Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905". in T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104189. 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. 
  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. http://biostor.org/reference/5177. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5527827 entry