Acrosphaera Explained
Acrosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2] [3] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[4]
Species
The following species are recognized:[1]
- Acrosphaera arktios (Nigrini, 1970)
- Acrosphaera cyrtodon (Haeckel) Strelkov & Reshetnyak, 1971
- Acrosphaera lappacea (Haeckel) Johnson & Nigrini, 1980
- Acrosphaera murrayana (Haeckel) Hilmers, 1906
- Acrosphaera spinosa Caulet, 1986
- Acrosphaera trepanata
Notes and References
- Web site: WoRMS . 2010 . Acrosphaera . . March 25, 2019.
- Herring . Peter J. . Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms . Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence . 1987 . 3. 1 . 147–163. 10.1002/bio.1170010303 . 3503524 .
- 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 . 64 pp, 1–11 planches . Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie . March 25, 2019.
- Latz. Michael I.. Frank. Tamara M.. Case. James F.. Swift. Elijah. Bidigare. Robert R.. Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109. 1. 1987. 25–38. 0022-0981. 10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3.