Gaussia (crustacean)

Gaussia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Metridinidae
Genus:	Gaussia; Wolfenden, 1905
Type species
	Pleuromma princeps; (T. Scott, 1894)

Gaussia is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.^[1] It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of 0–3,000 metres (0–9,843 ft).^[2] The genus Gaussia contains the following species:^[3]

Gaussia asymmetrica T. K. S. Björnberg & Campaner, 1988
Gaussia gadusae Sarkar, 2004
Gaussia intermedia Defaye, 1998
Gaussia melanotica Wolfenden, 1905
Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894) (type species)^[4]^[5]
Gaussia sewelli Saraswathy, 1973

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Tagea K. S. Björnberg; Antonio Frederico Campaner (1988). G. A. Boxshall; H. K. Schminke (eds.). "On Gaussia Wolfenden (Copepoda, Calanoida, Metridinidae)". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 351–356. doi:10.1007/BF00026324.
^ Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
^ Tagea K. S. Björnberg & Antonio F. Campaner (1990). "On the genus Gaussia and the species G. asymmetrica (Copepoda, Calanoida)". Crustaceana. 58 (1): 106–112. doi:10.1163/156854090x00822. JSTOR 20104529.
^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1990). "Opinion 1590. Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 47 (2): 145–146.

External links[edit]

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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] Tagea K. S. Björnberg; Antonio Frederico Campaner (1988). G. A. Boxshall; H. K. Schminke (eds.). "On Gaussia Wolfenden (Copepoda, Calanoida, Metridinidae)". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 351–356. doi:10.1007/BF00026324.

[3] Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

[4] Tagea K. S. Björnberg & Antonio F. Campaner (1990). "On the genus Gaussia and the species G. asymmetrica (Copepoda, Calanoida)". Crustaceana. 58 (1): 106–112. doi:10.1163/156854090x00822. JSTOR 20104529.

[5] International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1990). "Opinion 1590. Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 47 (2): 145–146.

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