Collosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the family Collosphaeridae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2][3] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[4]
| Collosphaera | |
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| Illustration of Collosphaera huxleyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Class: | Polycystinea |
| Order: | Nassellaria |
| Family: | Collozoidae |
| Subfamily: | Collosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Collosphaera Müller 1859 |
| Species | |
6; see text | |
Species
The following species are recognized:[1]
- Collosphaera armata Brandt
- Collosphaera confossa Takahashi, 1991
- Collosphaera huxleyi Mueller, 1855
- Collosphaera macropora Popofsky, 1917
- Collosphaera polygona Haeckel, 1887
- Collosphaera tuberosa Haeckel, 1887