Tuscaridium is a genus of phaeodarian, (formerly thought to be radiolarians). They consume particles that sink quickly through water which would otherwise reach the deep ocean. Tuscaridiums make cellular colonies (they make a colony like a pyrosome ).[1][2][3] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4][5] It one of two known bioluminescent phaeodarean genera, the other being Aulosphaera.
| Tuscaridium | |
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| Tuscaridium lithornithium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Thecofilosea |
| Order: | Phaeocalpida |
| Family: | Tuscaroridae |
| Genus: | Tuscaridium Haeckel, 1887 |
Species
editReferences
edit- ^ Nakamura, Yasuhide; Noritoshi, Suzuki (2015). Phaeodaria: Diverse Marine Cercozoans of World-Wide Distribution. Tokyo: Springer Japan. pp. 223–249. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-55130-0_9. ISBN 978-4-431-55130-0.
- ^ a b Beittenmiller, Kate. "Characterizing the Geometry of Phaeodarian Colonial Spheres" (PDF). MBARI. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Tuscaridium". WoRMS.
- ^ Ling, Hsin Yi; Haddock, Steven H.D. "The enclosing latticed sphere of Tuscaridium cygneum (Murray), a eurybathyal phaeodarian Radiolaria, from the North Pacific". Paleontological Research. 1 (2): 144–149.
- ^ Haddock, Steven H.D. "Tuscaridium cygneum". The Bioluminescence Web Page. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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