Biology:Metridinidae
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Short description: Family of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Metridinidae G. O. Sars, 1902 |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). "Metridinidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104092.
- ↑ 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. ftp://globec.whoi.edu/pub/cmarz/pdf/copepod_refs/Soh%20et%20al.,%201999c.pdf.
- ↑ Peter J. Herring (1988). "Copepod luminescence". Hydrobiologia 167–168 (1): 183–195. doi:10.1007/BF00026304.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3809026 entry
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