Publications by authors named "A B Bannikov"
The fossil puffer fish genus †Archaeotetraodon Tyler & Bannikov, 1994 is unique among the Tetraodontidae in having the upright central spinule of the dermal scale plates bifid rather than singular and undivided. Six species of this genus have previously been described variously from the Oligocene and Miocene of Russia, Italy, Algeria, and Ukraine. Described herein is a seventh species of this genus, †Archaeotetraodon bemisae sp.
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A new double-armoured herring of the clupeomorph order Ellimmichthyiformes, gen. et sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLuciferase of the Japanese syllid polychaete Odontosyllis undecimdonta.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
July 2018
Odontosyllis undecimdonta is a marine syllid polychaete that produces bright internal and exuded bioluminescence. Despite over fifty years of biochemical investigation into Odontosyllis bioluminescence, the light-emitting small molecule substrate and catalyzing luciferase protein have remained a mystery. Here we describe the discovery of a bioluminescent protein fraction from O.
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