Myxosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae. The genus may contain bioluminescent species.[1][2] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[3]

Myxosphaera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Collozoidae
Subfamily: Collosphaeridae
Genus: Myxosphaera
Brandt, 1885
Species

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Species

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The following species are known (incomplete list):[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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 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 (Technical report). Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie. pp. 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 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.