Conchoecia
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassOstracoda
- OrderHalocyprida
- FamilyHalocyprididae
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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.
The genus contains bioluminescent species. Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.