Conchoecia
Genus of seed shrimps
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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Halocyprida |
| Family: | Halocyprididae |
| Subfamily: | Conchoeciinae |
| Tribe: | Conchoeciini |
| Genus: | Conchoecia Dana, 1853 |
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The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.[2]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia:
- Conchoecia angustipilata Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
- Conchoecia belgicae Müller, 1906
- Conchoecia giesbrechti Müller, 1906
- Conchoecia glandulosa Müller, G. W., 1906
- Conchoecia hettacra Müller, 1906
- Conchoecia indica Merrylal James, 1972
- Conchoecia isocheira Müller, G. W., 1906
- Conchoecia kyrtophora Müller, G. W., 1906
- Conchoecia leptothrix Müller, 1906
- Conchoecia magna Claus, 1874
- Conchoecia rudyakovi Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
- Conchoecia sculpta Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
- Conchoecia subarcuata Claus, 1890
- Conchoecia teretivalvata Iles, 1953
