Collozoum

Collozoum
Illustration of "Collozoum inerme"
Illustration of Collozoum inerme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Radiolaria
Class: Polycystina
Order: Collodaria
Genus: Collozoum
Species

1; see text

Collozoum is a radiolarian genus formerly reported in the subfamily Sphaerozoidae, now reported descending from the order Collodaria. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).

Species

The following species are recognized:

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 "Collozoum Haeckel, 1862 sensu Brandt, 1905". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. ↑ 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. Bibcode:1987JEMBE.109...25L. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.