- Source: Metridinidae
Metridinidae is a family of copepods, comprising three genera – Gaussia, Metridia and Pleuromamma. It has also been referred to as "Metridiidae", but following a petition to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, that name has been restricted to the family Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893, based on the anthozoan genus Metridium. All species in the family can produce blue-green bioluminescence; the light is produced in glands, whose position varies between genera.
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Data related to Metridinidae at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Calanoida
- Metridinidae
- Calanoida
- Metridia longa
- Metridia gerlachei
- Gaussia (crustacean)
- Metridia pacifica
- Gaussia
- List of crustaceans of Ireland
- List of marine crustaceans of South Africa
- Gaussia princeps (crustacean)
