image: Most bioluminescence in the ocean is blue, the color that travels furthest through seawater, but there are interesting exceptions such as the yellow bioluminescence of some pelagic worms (e.g. Tomopteris sp. shown top left). Also shown (clockwise) are the squid, Abralia veranyi, the Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, the scaleless black dragon fish, Melanstomias bartonbeani, and the deep-sea jellyfish, Atolla wyvillei. This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 7, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. E.A. Widder at the Ocean Research and Conservation Association in Fort Pierce, Fla., is titled, "Bioluminescence in the Ocean: Origins of Biological, Chemical and Ecological Diversity." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Edith Widder