Metridinidae

Metridinidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Metridinidae; G. O. Sars, 1902
Genera
	Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905; Metridia Boeck, 1865; Pleuromamma Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898;
Synonyms
	Metridiidae Sars, 1902, non Carlgren, 1893

Metridinidae is a family of copepods, comprising three genera – Gaussia, Metridia and Pleuromamma.^[1] 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.^[2] All species in the family can produce blue-green bioluminescence; the light is produced in glands, whose position varies between genera.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Metridinidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
^ H. Y. Soh, S. Ohtsuka & H.-L. Suh (1999). "Phylogenetic relationships of the family Metridinidae (Copepoda: Calanoida)" (PDF). Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology. 2 (2): 122–128.
^ Peter J. Herring (1988). "Copepod luminescence". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 183–195. doi:10.1007/BF00026304.

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