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Siphonosphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Phylum:	Retaria
Class:	Polycystinea
Order:	Nassellaria
Family:	Collozoidae
Subfamily:	Collosphaeridae
Genus:	Siphonosphaera Muller 1858
Species
5; see text

Siphonosphaera is a genus of radiolarians. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).

Species

The following species are recognized:

• Siphonosphaera hippotis
• Siphonosphaera magnisphaera Takahashi, 1991
• Siphonosphaera martensi Brandt, 1905
• Siphonosphaera polysiphonia Haeckel, 1887
• Siphonosphaera socialis Haeckel, 1887

References

1. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Siphonosphaera Muller 1858". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
2. 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.
3. 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)
4. 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. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.

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