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Conchoecia
Sign in to saveConchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassOstracoda
- OrderHalocyprida
- FamilyHalocyprididae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 182
- With media
- 70
- Family
- Halocyprididae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Antarctica, United States, Philippines
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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.
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