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 ...

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.] ...

Now, a research team has discovered that the mysterious seaweed, which had been thought to be found only in Hawaii, has made its way into Japanese waters ... in the sea off the coast of Kushimoto ...

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.

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 ...