Gaussia (crustacean)

Gaussia is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of . The genus Gaussia contains the following species:

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

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