From cf2303a954459cdfd20a8a25df40da518e88b1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:30:05 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Bioluminescence of Vexillaria subgenus. Japanese name. --- tags/Oikopleura.mdwn | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn index fbf49d9a..1611bea0 100644 --- a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn +++ b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ organisms are distinct). Its reproduction is _semelparous_: the animals die afer releasing its gametes. Each animal secretes a mucus "house" that is used for feeding (and perhaps defending). The main house proteins are called _oikosins_ and half or them are unique to Oikopleura and related animals -("_Appendicularia_"). The japanese name of _O. dioica_ is ワカレオタマボヤ. +("_Appendicularia_"). The japanese name of _O. dioica_ is +[ワカレオタマボヤ](https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/view/9018229). Some links: @@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ Phylogeny - Giant Oikopleurid species, such as exist in deeper waters. _Bathochordaeus charon_'s 18S RNA is 97% identical to the one of _O. dioica_ ([[Sherlock and coll, 2016|biblio/10.1186_s41200-016-0075-9]]). - CO1 DNA of _B. mcnutti_ and _B. strygius_ are ~12% different ([[Sherlock and coll., 2017|biblio/28042175]]). + - There are two subgenus of _Oikopleura_: _Vexillaria_ and _Coecaria_. _Vexillaria_, + to which _dioica_ and _rufescens_ belong, have oral glands and bioluminescence + ([[Galt, Grober and Sykes, 1985|biblio/10.2307_1541178]]). Karyotype -- 2.47.3