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Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment, covering terrestrial, marine, and microorganisms.
Based on this observation, bioluminescence is believed to have evolved independently at least 40 times. [16] In bioluminescent bacteria, the reclassification of the members ofVibrio fischeri species group as a new genus, Aliivibrio, has led to increased interest in the evolutionary origins of bioluminescence [16].
The neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii), sometimes called the red flying squid, akaika, and red squid is a species of large flying squid in the family Ommastrephidae. They are found in subtropical and temperate oceanic waters globally. [3] The genus contains bioluminescent species. [4]
Over 90 percent of marine organisms are bioluminescent -- algae, jellyfish, squid and shrimp to name just a few. Even though bioluminescence is so common amongst sea creatures, ...
The firefly squid inhabits the waters off the coast of Japan. [13] [14] The depth at which these squids can be found varies (300–400 m or 1,000–1,300 ft during the day, and 20–60 m or 70–200 ft during the night) over the course of a day, [14] as they are one of the several species of squid that participates in diel vertical migration.
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[81] [82] Bioluminescent dinoflagellates possess scintillons, individual cytoplasmic bodies which contain dinoflagellate luciferase, the main enzyme involved in the luminescence. The luminescence, sometimes called the phosphorescence of the sea , occurs as brief (0.1 sec) blue flashes or sparks when individual scintillons are stimulated ...
There are around 300 species of squid living in the ocean and they can range in size from less than an inch to the massive 50-foot-long giant squid. The strawberry squid ( Histioteuthis heteropsis ...