Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2] Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal (non-secreted) bioluminescence.[3]Oncaea contains the following species:[1]
A number of nomina dubia and species inquirendae have also been described in Oncaea:[1]
Nomina dubia
Oncaea neobscura Razouls, 1969
Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908
Oncaea parobscura Shmeleva, 1979
Species inquirendae
Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea crassimana (Dana, 1849)
Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852)
Oncaea obtusa (Dana, 1852)
^ abcGeoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Oncaea Philippi, 1843". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
^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.
^Herring, Peter J.; Latz, M. I.; Bannister, N. J.; Widder, E. A. (1993). "Bioluminescence of the poecilostomatoid copepod Oncaea conifera". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 94: 297–309. Bibcode:1993MEPS...94..297H. doi:10.3354/meps094297.
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