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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Myodocopida |
| Family: | Cypridinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cypridininae |
| Genus: | Maristella Reda & Gerrish, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| Maristella chicoi Reda & Gerrish, 2019 | |
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Maristella is a genus of ostracods belonging to the Myodocopida (Cypridinidae). The genus belongs to a diverse clade of Caribbean bioluminescent ostracods. Males perform species-specific luminescent courtship displays. It was chosen as one of the top ten species of 2019: WoRMS top 10 - 2019: Maristella chicoi. The video showing these light displays can be seen here.
Maristella is with seven species the most species-rich genus of the family. Other genera include Enewton, Photeros, Konickeria and Vargula. Maristella means 'star of the sea'. Maristella is the only genus with lateral or diagonal luminescent courtship displays.
Species
- Maristella chicoi Reda et al., 2019 - Belize
- Maristella ignitula (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
- Maristella lucidella (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
- Maristella micamacula (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
- Maristella noropsela (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
- Maristella psammobia (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
- Maristella scintilla (Cohen & Morin, 1989) - Panama
References
- ^ "Maristella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- Reda, NJ; Morin, JG; Torres, E; Cohen, AC; Schawaroch, V; Gerrish, GA (14 Nov 2019). "Maristella, a new bioluminescent ostracod genus in the Myodocopida (Cypridinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (4): 1078–1118. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz082.
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