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Halocypridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Ostracoda
Subclass:
Myodocopa
Order:
Halocyprida
Suborder:
Halocypridina
Family:
Halocypridae

Dana, 1853
Subfamilies

Halocypridae is a family of ostracods in the suborder Halocypridina. This family contains bioluminescent members such as Conchoecia pseudodiscophora, which are believed to use coelenterazine and a coelenterazine luciferase rather than vargulin.[1]

Overview of genera

References

  1. ^ Oba, Yuichi (2004). "Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora". ChemBioChem. 5 (11): 1495–1499. doi:10.1002/cbic.200400102. PMID 15515099.


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