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Siphonosphaera

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Siphonosphaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Collozoidae
Subfamily: Collosphaeridae
Genus: Siphonosphaera
Muller 1858
Species

5; see text

Siphonosphaera is a genus of radiolarians.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2][3] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[4]

Species

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The following species are recognized:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). "Siphonosphaera Muller 1858". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Poupin J.; Cussatlegras A.S.; Geistdoerfer P. (1999). "Plancton Marin Bioluminescent: inventaire documenté des espèces et bilan des formes les plus communes de la mer d'Iroise". Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie: 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Latz, Michael I.; Frank, Tamara M.; Case, James F.; Swift, Elijah; Bidigare, Robert R. (1987). "Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109 (1): 25–38. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.