Thalassicolla is a radiolarian genus reported in the Thalassicollidae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2][3] It is a genus of solitary (not colonial) radiolarians.[4]

Thalassicolla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Collozoidae
Subfamily: Thalassicollidae
Genus: Thalassicolla
Species

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Species

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The following species are recognized (incomplete list):[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Thalassicollidae Haeckel, 1862". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Poupin J.; Cussatlegras A.S.; Geistdoerfer P. (1999). "Plancton Marin Bioluminescent: inventaire documenté des espèces et bilan des formes les plus communes de la mer d'Iroise". Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie: 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Campbell, A. K.; Herring, P. J. (1990). "Imidazolopyrazine bioluminescence in copepods and other marine organisms". Marine Biology. 104 (2): 219–225. doi:10.1007/BF01313261. ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 84250053.