List of bioluminescent organisms

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Omphalotus nidiformis
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A bioluminescent mushroom ...
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...glowing with the lights off.
Firefly (species unknown) with and without flash. Firefly composite.jpg
Firefly (species unknown) with and without flash.
Foxfire in the fungus Panellus stipticus PanellusStipticusAug12 2009.jpg
Foxfire in the fungus Panellus stipticus
Blue ocean glow caused by myriad tiny organisms, such as Noctiluca. Bioluminescent dinoflagellates.jpg
Blue ocean glow caused by myriad tiny organisms, such as Noctiluca .
Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans unica.jpg
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.

Contents

Terrestrial animals

Marine animals

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Artist's rendering of Antarctic krill

Fish

Invertebrates

Freshwater animals

Fungi

Bacteria

Other microorganisms

References

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  2. ↑ Myriapods: strange millipedes Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Herper.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
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  4. 1 2 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. PMID   22035300.
  5. ↑ "Nitric oxide in control of luminescence from hatchetfish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) photophores". JEB. Journal of Experimental Biology. 25 July 2005.
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Santhanam, Ramasamy (16 June 2022). Bioluminescent Marine Plankton. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN   978-981-5050-21-9.
  9. ↑ Aoki, Masakazu; Hashimoto, Koichiro; Watanabe, Hiroshi (1989). "The Intrinsic Origin of Bioluminescence in the Ascidian, Clavelina miniata". Biological Bulletin. 176 (1): 57–62. doi:10.2307/1541889. JSTOR   1541889.
  10. ↑ Robison, Bruce H.; Raskoff, Kevin A.; Sherlock, Rob E. (2005). "Ecological substrate in midwater: Doliolula equus, a new mesopelagic tunicate". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85 (3): 655–663. Bibcode:2005JMBUK..85..655R. doi:10.1017/S0025315405011586.
  11. ↑ Tessler, Michael; Gaffney, Jean P.; Oliveira, Anderson G.; Guarnaccia, Andrew; Dobi, Krista C.; Gujarati, Nehaben A.; Galbraith, Moira; Mirza, Jeremy D.; Sparks, John S.; Pieribone, Vincent A.; Wood, Robert J.; Gruber, David F. (2020). "A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 17724. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1017724T. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   7576829 . PMID   33082360.
  12. ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1976). "Bioluminescence in decapod Crustacea". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 56 (4): 1029–1047. Bibcode:1976JMBUK..56.1029H. doi:10.1017/S0025315400021056. ISSN   1469-7769.
  13. ↑ Shimomura, Osamu; Yampolsky, Ilia V. (6 June 2019). Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles And Methods (3rd ed.). World Scientific. ISBN   978-981-327-712-0.
  14. ↑ Santhanam, Ramasamy (16 June 2022). Bioluminescent Marine Plankton. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN   978-981-5050-21-9.
  15. ↑ "Gasparich, Sara. The Concentration and Distribution of Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates in Vieques, Puerto Rico" (PDF). 20th Annual Keck Symposium. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.

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