List of bioluminescent organisms
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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]
- ^ Geophilus carpophagus – a centipede – Family: Geophilidae Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Plant Press. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Oba, Yuichi; Branham, Marc A.; Fukatsu, Takema (November 2011). "The Terrestrial Bioluminescent Animals of Japan". Zoological Science. 28 (11): 771–789. doi:10.2108/zsj.28.771. ISSN 0289-0003.
- ^ "Nitric oxide in control of luminescence from hatchetfish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) photophores". JEB. Journal of Experimental Biology. 25 July 2005.
- ^ Bioluminescence in an Undescribed Species of Carnivorous Sponge (Cladorhizidae) From the Deep Sea
- ^ Life in the Open Ocean: The Biology of Pelagic Species
- ^ Bioluminescent Marine Plankton
- ^ The Intrinsic Origin of Bioluminescence in the Ascidian, Clavelina miniata
- ^ Ecological substrate in midwater: Doliolula equus, a new mesopelagic tunicate
- ^ A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla
- ^ Bioluminescence in decapod Crustacea
- ^ Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles And Methods
- ^ Bioluminescent Marine Plankton
- ^ "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.
- ^ Latz, Michael; Nauen, Jennifer; Rohr, Jim (2004). "Bioluminescence response of four species of dinoflagellates to fully developed pipe flow". Journal of Plankton Research. 26 (12). J. Plankton Res.: 1529–1546. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbh141. Retrieved 28 February 2024.