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]
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^Oba, Yuichi; Tsuduki, Hiroshi; Kato, Shin-ichi; Ojika, Makoto; Inouye, Satoshi (2004). "Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora". ChemBioChem. 5 (11): 1495–1499. doi:10.1002/cbic.200400102. PMID 15515099.
recognised in the genus Conchoecia: Conchoecia angustipilata Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018 Conchoecia belgicae Müller, 1906 Conchoecia giesbrechti Müller...
elegans Binomial name Discoconchoecia elegans (G. O. Sars, 1866) Synonyms Conchoecia elegans G. O. Sars, 1866 Conehoecia elegans G. O. Sars, 1866 (spelling...
order Halocyprida. This family contains bioluminescent members such as Conchoecia pseudodiscophora, which are believed to use coelenterazine and a coelenterazine...
daytime feeder on copepods (mainly Pleuromamma) and ostracods (such as Conchoecia). It breeds year-round, with egg batches about 100–360 eggs per ovary...
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