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+[[!meta title="Sites of bioluminescence in the appendicularians Oikopleura dioica and O. labradoriensis (Urochordata: Larvacea)."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
+
+Galt, C.P., Sykes, P.F.
+
+Mar. Biol. 77, 155–159 (1983). doi:10.1007/BF00396313
+
+Sites of bioluminescence in the appendicularians _Oikopleura dioica_ and _O. labradoriensis_ (Urochordata: Larvacea).
+
+[[!doi 10.1007/BF00396313 desc="Light is produced by the granular inclusions."]]
1999)|biblio/10.1093_plankt_21.10.1923]]: mesopelagic species with a large
(~30 cm) house.
- Houses of _O. dioica_ and related species that have oral glands have
- granular inclusions that are bioluminescent ([[Galt, Grober and Sykes,
- 1985|biblio/10.2307_1541178]]). In species without oral glands, bioluminescence
- might be caused by dinoflagellates.
+ granular inclusions that are bioluminescent ([[Galt and Sykes
+ (1983)|biblio/10.1007_BF00396313]], [[Galt, Grober and Sykes,
+ 1985|biblio/10.2307_1541178]]). In these species, light is produced by
+ granular inclusions in the house. In species without oral glands,
+ bioluminescence might be caused by dinoflagellates.
Phenotypes