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Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America.. The species is best known as the source of aequorin (a photoprotein), and green fluorescent protein (GFP); two proteins involved in bioluminescence.
Bioluminescence is the production of visible light by a living organism (Herring 2004). Bioluminescence is a common phenomenon in marine animals found in the deep sea. Atolla wyvillei has adapted a safety response to avoid predation. When Atolla wyvillei is attacked it produces an array of blue light flashes. The propagation rate of these ...
A deep-sea species of carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae) [6] Many Cnidarians. Sea pens. Renilla reniformis; Coral; Certain Jellyfish. Aequorea victoria; Atolla jellyfish; Helmet jellyfish; Certain Ctenophores (comb jellies) Some Tunicates: Larvaceans [7] Salps [8] Ascidiacea [9] Doliolida [10] Pyrosomes [11] Certain echinoderms (e.g. Ophiurida ...
Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan. [1] These small ocean-dwelling creatures are bioluminescent; the light emitted by these jellyfish serves as a defense or warning to other creatures. [2] Males and females have both been described, and it reproduces sexually.
The same species washed up on the state park’s shore two years ago, officials said.
The helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla), sometimes called the merchant-cap, [1] is a luminescent, red-colored jellyfish of the deep sea, belonging to the order Coronatae of the phylum Cnidaria. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Periphylla and is one of the rare examples in Scyphozoa which life-cycle lacks a polyp stage.
The species was named Atolla reynoldsi for the first volunteer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a salute to all volunteers who have helped with ocean conservation efforts.
Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction regulated by a gene or bacteria that enables living organisms to produce light naturally. Over 90 percent of marine organisms are bioluminescent -- algae ...