Tuscaridium

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Tuscaridium
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Tuscaridium lithornithium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Thecofilosea
Order: Phaeocalpida
Family: Tuscaroridae
Genus: Tuscaridium
Haeckel, 1887

Tuscaridium is a genus of phaeodarian, (formerly thought to be radiolarians). They consume particles that sink quickly through water which would otherwise reach the deep ocean. Tuscaridiums make cellular colonies (they make a colony like a pyrosome ). [1] [2] [3] The genus contains bioluminescent species. [4] [5] It one of two known bioluminescent phaeodarean genera, the other being Aulosphaera .

Species

The following species are known (incomplete list): [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Beittenmiller, Kate. "Characterizing the Geometry of Phaeodarian Colonial Spheres" (PDF). MBARI. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Tuscaridium". WoRMS.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Haddock, Steven H.D. "Tuscaridium cygneum". The Bioluminescence Web Page. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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