List of bioluminescent organisms
Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment, covering terrestrial, marine, and microorganisms.
Terrestrial animals[edit]
- Certain arthropods
- Fireflies
- Certain Click beetles
- Glow worms
- Certain mycetophilid flies
- Certain centipedes
- Certain millipedes
- Some land snails[3]
- Annelids
Marine animals[edit]
Fish[edit]
- Anglerfish
- Gulper eel
- Lanternfish
- Stomiiformes
- Midshipman fish
- Pineconefish
- Lanterneye fish
- Some Squaliformes
Invertebrates[edit]
- A deep-sea species of carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae)[6]
- Many Cnidarians
- Certain Ctenophores (comb jellies)
- Some Tunicates:
- Certain echinoderms (e.g. Ophiurida)
- Many Crustaceans:[12][13][14]
- Seed shrimp (Myodocopa)
- Copepods
- Lophogastrids (Gnathophausia)
- Amphipods
- Krill
- Deacpods (shrimp and prawn)
- Genus Heterocarpus.
- Two species of Chaetognaths (arrow worms)
- Annelida
- Genus Tomopteris
- Genus Swima
- Certain Polynoidae
- Mollusca
- Certain Bivalves (clams)
- Certain Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
- Certain sea snails
- Many Cephalopods
Freshwater animals[edit]
- Latia, a genus of four species of freshwater snail
Fungi[edit]
Bacteria[edit]
- Photorhabdus luminescens
- Certain species of the family Vibrionaceae (e.g. Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, Photobacterium phosphoreum)
- Certain species of the family Shewanellaceae, (e.g. Shewanella hanedai and Shewanella woodyi)
Other microorganisms[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ Myriapods: strange millipedes Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Herper.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ^ Pholyotha, Arthit; Yano, Daichi; Mizuno, Gaku; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Tongkerd, Piyoros; Oba, Yuichi; Panha, Somsak (13 September 2023). "A new discovery of the bioluminescent terrestrial snail genus Phuphania (Gastropoda: Dyakiidae)". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 15137. Bibcode:2023NatSR..1315137P. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42364-y. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10499882. PMID 37704646.
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- ^ "Nitric oxide in control of luminescence from hatchetfish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) photophores". JEB. Journal of Experimental Biology. 25 July 2005.
- ^ Martini, Séverine; Schultz, Darrin T.; Lundsten, Lonny; Haddock, Steven H. D. (2020). "Bioluminescence in an Undescribed Species of Carnivorous Sponge (Cladorhizidae) from the Deep Sea". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.576476.
- ^ Torres, Joseph J.; Bailey, Thomas G. (14 January 2022). Life in the Open Ocean: The Biology of Pelagic Species. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-84031-2.
- ^ Santhanam, Ramasamy (16 June 2022). Bioluminescent Marine Plankton. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 978-981-5050-21-9.
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- ^ Shimomura, Osamu; Yampolsky, Ilia V. (6 June 2019). Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles And Methods (3rd ed.). World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-327-712-0.
- ^ Santhanam, Ramasamy (16 June 2022). Bioluminescent Marine Plankton. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 978-981-5050-21-9.
- ^ "Gasparich, Sara. The Concentration and Distribution of Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates in Vieques, Puerto Rico" (PDF). 20th Annual Keck Symposium. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Schiro, Danielle; Eigner, Rachel (2008). "A Knight in Shining Armor". Pyrocystis fusiformis. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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