Tuscaridium
Genus of phaeodarian
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Tuscaridium is a genus of phaeodarian, (formerly thought to be radiolarians). They consume particles that sink quickly through water which would otherwise reach the deep ocean. Tuscaridiums make cellular colonies (they make a colony like a pyrosome ).[1][2][3] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4][5] It one of two known bioluminescent phaeodarean genera, the other being Aulosphaera.
| Tuscaridium | |
|---|---|
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| Tuscaridium lithornithium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Thecofilosea |
| Order: | Phaeocalpida |
| Family: | Tuscaroridae |
| Genus: | Tuscaridium Haeckel, 1887 |
