Tuscaridium
Tuscaridium is a genus of phaeodarian, (formerly thought to be radiolarians).[1][2][3] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4][5] It one of two known bioluminescent phaeodarean genera, the other being Aulosphaera.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Chromista |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Thecofilosea |
Order: | Phaeocalpida |
Family: | Tuscaroridae |
Genus: | Tuscaridium |
References
- 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.
- Beittenmiller, Kate. "Characterizing the Geometry of Phaeodarian Colonial Spheres" (PDF). MBARI. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- "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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