Watasenia scintellans
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Friday Cephalopod: Luminescence!
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: October 12, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Comments
Posted by: the great and powerful oz | October 12, 2007 6:11 AM
Hey PZ, I think you have an unclosed italics tag.
Posted by: Chris Anderson | October 12, 2007 6:36 AM
Ooh, shiny!
Posted by: laserboy | October 12, 2007 7:07 AM
posted in the hopes of closing said tag
Posted by: Fernando Magyar | October 12, 2007 7:09 AM
Scintillating!
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | October 12, 2007 7:59 AM
Oooooh, baby! I love it when you speak italics!
Posted by: Cuttlefish | October 12, 2007 10:04 AM
Cuttlefish's lament
Watasenia scintellans--
If, in the dark, you sight one,
Remember, Grandma always said
That 'Senia was the bright one.
Posted by: David Marjanović | October 12, 2007 11:07 AM
W. scintillans, of course.
Posted by: Encolpius | October 12, 2007 2:35 PM
d00d!!!11!
Posted by: Ken Mareld | October 12, 2007 6:19 PM
I may have mentioned it before. My name is bio-luminescence.
The old viking word is Mareld - direct translation = Seafire.
A goal of mine is to visit Bio-bay in Puerto Rico after I graduate from Nursing School.
Ken
Posted by: Monado | October 12, 2007 8:21 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Kulvinder Matharu | October 13, 2007 1:43 PM
How about this bright-yellow beastie?
http://cectic.com/057.html
I wonder if PZ Myers has an evil twin!