Collozoum is a radiolarian genus formerly reported in the subfamily Sphaerozoidae,[1] now reported descending from the order Collodaria.[2] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3]
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| Illustration of Collozoum inerme | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Class: | Polycystina |
| Order: | Collodaria |
| Genus: | Collozoum |
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Species
editThe following species are recognized:[2]
- Collozoum inerme (J. Müller, 1856)
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Collozoum Haeckel, 1862 sensu Brandt, 1905". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
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