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Halocyprididae
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Halocyprididae

Halocypridae is a family of ostracods in the order Halocyprida. Some members are bioluminescent, such as Conchoecia pseudodiscophora, and are believed to use coelenterazine and a coelenterazine luciferase, rather than vargulin.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Conchoeciinae

subfamilyConchoeciinae

Euconchoeciinae

subfamilyEuconchoeciinae

Orthoconchoecia

genusOrthoconchoecia

Bathyconchoeciinae

subfamilyBathyconchoeciinae

Archiconchoeciinae

subfamilyArchiconchoeciinae

Halocypridinae

subfamilyHalocypridinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85805.