| Acrosphaera | |
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| Illustration of Acrosphaera spinosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Class: | Polycystina |
| Order: | Nassellaria |
| Family: | Collozoidae |
| Subfamily: | Collosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Acrosphaera |
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Acrosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae.1 The genus contains bioluminescent species.23 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
References
References
- WoRMS (2010). "Acrosphaera ". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- 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.
- 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". Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie: 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Latz, Michael I.; Frank, Tamara M.; Case, James F.; Swift, Elijah; Bidigare, Robert R. (1987). "Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109 (1): 25–38. Bibcode:1987JEMBE.109...25L. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.