Metridinidae

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]

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Metridinidae

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Metridiidae Sars, 1902, non Carlgren, 1893

References

  1. T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Metridinidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. Peter J. Herring (1988). "Copepod luminescence". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 183–195. doi:10.1007/BF00026304.


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