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Halocypridae
Description | Halocypridae is a family of ostracods in the suborder Halocypridina. This family contains bioluminescent members such as Conchoecia pseudodiscophora, which are believed to use coelenterazine and a coelenterazine luciferase rather than vargulin. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocypridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Halocypridae | |||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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Scientific Name | Halocypridae | |||||||
Name Published In | U.S. explor. Exped., 13/14(2): 1281 | |||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocypridae |
References
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 534 Emendation under the Plenary Powers to Conchoecia of the generic name Conchaecia Dana (J. D.), 1849, and designation under the same Powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the genus so named (class Crustacea, order Ostracoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(1), 1 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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