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{{Short description|Genus of seed shrimps}}
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'''''Conchoecia''''' is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily [[Conchoeciinae]].

The genus contains bioluminescent species.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}</ref> ''Conchoecia'' have a [[coelenterazine]] luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the [[Vargulin|cypridinid luciferin]] based system found in the [[Cypridinidae]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oba |first1=Yuichi |last2=Tsuduki |first2=Hiroshi |last3=Kato |first3=Shin-ichi |last4=Ojika |first4=Makoto |last5=Inouye |first5=Satoshi |title=Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora |journal=ChemBioChem |date=2004 |volume=5 |issue=11 |pages=1495–1499|doi=10.1002/cbic.200400102 |pmid=15515099 }}</ref>

== Species ==
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Conchoecia'':

*''[[Conchoecia angustipilata]]'' {{small|Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018}}
*''[[Conchoecia belgicae]]'' {{small|Müller, 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia giesbrechti]]'' {{small|Müller, 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia glandulosa]]'' {{small|Müller, G. W., 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia hettacra]]'' {{small|Müller, 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia indica]]'' {{small|Merrylal James, 1972}}
*''[[Conchoecia isocheira]]'' {{small|Müller, G. W., 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia kyrtophora]]'' {{small|Müller, G. W., 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia leptothrix]]'' {{small|Müller, 1906}}
*''[[Conchoecia magna]]'' {{small|Claus, 1874}}
*''[[Conchoecia rudyakovi]]'' {{small|Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018}}
*''[[Conchoecia sculpta]]'' {{small|Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018}}
*''[[Conchoecia subarcuata]]'' {{small|Claus, 1890}}
*''[[Conchoecia teretivalvata]]'' {{small|Iles, 1953}}

== See also ==
* [[List of prehistoric ostracod genera]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{EOL|2601446}}

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[[Category:Ostracod genera]]
[[Category:Halocyprida]]
[[Category:Bioluminescent ostracods]]


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