Myxosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae. The genus may contain bioluminescent species.[1][2] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3]
| Myxosphaera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Class: | Polycystinea |
| Order: | Nassellaria |
| Family: | Collozoidae |
| Subfamily: | Collosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Myxosphaera Brandt, 1885 |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
Species
editThe following species are known (incomplete list):[2]
- Myxosphaera coerulea Haeckel
References
edit- ^ 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 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 (Technical report). Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie. pp. 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 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.
 | This Radiolarian-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |