Conchoecia Explained

Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.^[1] Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia:

• Conchoecia angustipilata
• Conchoecia belgicae
• Conchoecia giesbrechti
• Conchoecia glandulosa
• Conchoecia hettacra
• Conchoecia indica
• Conchoecia isocheira
• Conchoecia kyrtophora
• Conchoecia leptothrix
• Conchoecia magna
• Conchoecia rudyakovi
• Conchoecia sculpta
• Conchoecia subarcuata
• Conchoecia teretivalvata

See also

• List of prehistoric ostracod genera

Notes and References

1. Herring . Peter J. . Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms . Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence . 1987 . 3. 1 . 147–163. 10.1002/bio.1170010303 . 3503524 .
2. Oba . Yuichi . Tsuduki . Hiroshi . Kato . Shin-ichi . Ojika . Makoto . Inouye . Satoshi . Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora . ChemBioChem . 2004 . 5 . 11 . 1495–1499. 10.1002/cbic.200400102 . 15515099 .