| Conchoecia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Halocyprida |
| Family: | Halocyprididae |
| Subfamily: | Conchoeciinae |
| Tribe: | Conchoeciini |
| Genus: | Conchoecia Dana, 1853 |
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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
The genus contains bioluminescent species. Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.
