Oncaea

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Oncaea
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Male Oncaea venusta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Oncaeidae
Genus: Oncaea
Philippi, 1843
Synonyms   [1]
  • AntariaDana, 1846
  • MyspictosumKazachenko & Avdeev, 1977

Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. [2] Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal (non-secreted) bioluminescence. [3] Oncaea contains the following species: [1]

A number of nomina dubia and species inquirendae have also been described in Oncaea: [1]

Nomina dubia
Species inquirendae

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Oncaea Philippi, 1843". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  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.
  3. ↑ Herring, Peter J.; Latz, M. I.; Bannister, N. J.; Widder, E. A. (1993). "Bioluminescence of the poecilostomatoid copepod Oncaea conifera". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 94: 297–309. Bibcode:1993MEPS...94..297H. doi: 10.3354/meps094297 .


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