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Bioluminescence in planktonic halocyprid ostracods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. V. Angel
M. V. Angel
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey
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Bioluminescence has been observed in 11 halocyprid ostracod species, and the sites of secretion are described.

Bioluminescence in cypridinid ostracods has been thoroughly investigated (Harvey, 1952). However, since the original suggestion that the edge glands in the carapace of halocyprid ostracods secrete luminescent substances (Claus, 1891), only a single observation has been made confirming this suggestion on Conchoecia curta ( =clausi) (Müller, 1894).

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 255 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1968

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