Gaussia princeps (crustacean)

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

{{Distinguish|Gaussia princeps (plant)}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Gaussia (crustacean)

| species = princeps

| authority = (T. Scott, 1894)

| synonyms_ref =  {{cite web |author=J. Kouwenberg & G. Boxshall |year=2009 |title=Gaussia princeps (Scott T., 1894) |editor=T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall |work=World Copepoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104625 |accessdate=June 26, 2010}}

| synonyms =

• Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897)
• Pleuromma princeps T. Scott, 1894
• {{nowrap|Pleuromamma princeps (T. Scott, 1894)}}

}}

The black prince copepodhttps://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/black-prince-copepod (Gaussia princeps) is a mesopelagic copepod found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide.{{cite journal |author=Eduardo Suárez-Morales |year=2007 |title=The mesopelagic copepod Gaussia princeps (Scott) (Calanoida: Metridinidae) from the Western Caribbean with notes on integumental pore patterns |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1621 |pages=33–44 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1621.1.3 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01621p044.pdf }} They have been known to display bioluminescence.{{cite journal |author=A. Barnes & J. F. Case |title=Bioluminescence in the mesopelagic copepod, Gaussia princeps (T. Scott) |journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=53–71 |year=1972 |doi=10.1016/0022-0981(72)90056-1|bibcode=1972JEMBE...8...53B }}

Gaussia princeps is used in the production of luciferase.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/products/producte3300.asp |title=BioLux Gaussia Luciferase Assay Kit (E3300), Reporter Systems, NEB |access-date=2012-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317231226/http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/products/producte3300.asp |archive-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead }}