Theblack prince copepod[2](Gaussia princeps) is amesopelagiccopepodfound intemperateandtropical watersworldwide.[3]They have been known to displaybioluminescence.[4]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Metridinidae |
| Genus: | Gaussia |
| Species: | G. princeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894)
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Gaussia princepsis used in the production ofluciferase.[5]
References
edit- ^J. Kouwenberg & G. Boxshall (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.)."Gaussia princeps(Scott T., 1894) ".World Copepoda database.World Register of Marine Species.RetrievedJune 26,2010.
- ^https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/black-prince-copepod
- ^Eduardo Suárez-Morales (2007)."The mesopelagic copepodGaussia princeps(Scott) (Calanoida: Metridinidae) from the Western Caribbean with notes on integumental pore patterns "(PDF).Zootaxa.1621:33–44.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1621.1.3.
- ^A. Barnes & J. F. Case (1972). "Bioluminescence in the mesopelagic copepod,Gaussia princeps(T. Scott) ".Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.8(1): 53–71.Bibcode:1972JEMBE...8...53B.doi:10.1016/0022-0981(72)90056-1.
- ^"BioLux Gaussia Luciferase Assay Kit (E3300), Reporter Systems, NEB".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-17.Retrieved2012-02-18.
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