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