Polycirrus are small, soft-bodied worms that are known for their bright bioluminescence and are typically found in shallow coastal waters of Japan. [Related: We finally know why sea pickles glow.] ...

Photo from Jimi N et al. The third sea worm was named Polycirrus aoandon after a Japanese folk spirit, the blue lantern, that matches its glow. In Japanese, blue is “ao” and lantern is ...

They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the former director of Notojima Aquarium who helped find the worms. A research group from Nagoya University ...

some species of sea cucumbers glow in the dark. A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have found that 10 known deep-sea species are bioluminescent in their natural habitats.

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A group of researchers in Japan have discovered three new species of sea worms that quite literally glow in the dark. The new bioluminescent Polycirrus worms, which emit a blue-violet light ...

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Researchers near California waters found an elusive, deep sea “mystery” mollusk that operates as a Venus fly trap far below depth. The creature is also spectacularly bioluminescent with a ...