Gaussia (crustacean)

Gaussia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Metridinidae
Genus: Gaussia
Wolfenden, 1905
Type species
Pleuromma princeps
(T. Scott, 1894)

Gaussia is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of 0–3,000 metres (0–9,843 ft). The genus Gaussia contains the following species:

  • Gaussia asymmetrica T. K. S. Björnberg & Campaner, 1988
  • Gaussia gadusae Sarkar, 2004
  • Gaussia intermedia Defaye, 1998
  • Gaussia melanotica Wolfenden, 1905
  • Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894) (type species)
  • Gaussia sewelli Saraswathy, 1973
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