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Rhaphidozoum

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Rhaphidozoum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Collozoidae
Subfamily: Sphaerozoidae
Genus: Rhaphidozoum
Species

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Rhaphidozoum is a radiolarian genus reported in the subfamily Sphaerozoidae.[1][2] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3]

Species

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The following species are recognized:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. PMID 3503524.
  2. ^ a b "Rhaphidozoum". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. ^ Latz, Michael I.; Frank, Tamara M.; Case, James F.; Swift, Elijah; Bidigare, Robert R. (1987). "Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109 (1): 25–38. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.