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Conchoecia

Genus of seed shrimps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.

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The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.[2]

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia:

  • Conchoecia angustipilata Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia belgicae Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia giesbrechti Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia glandulosa Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia hettacra Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia indica Merrylal James, 1972
  • Conchoecia isocheira Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia kyrtophora Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia leptothrix Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia magna Claus, 1874
  • Conchoecia rudyakovi Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia sculpta Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia subarcuata Claus, 1890
  • Conchoecia teretivalvata Iles, 1953
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