Friday Cephalopod: Luminescence!

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Watasenia scintellans

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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Hey PZ, I think you have an unclosed italics tag.

By the great and … (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

Ooh, shiny!

By Chris Anderson (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

posted in the hopes of closing said tag

Scintillating!

By Fernando Magyar (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

Cuttlefish's lament

Watasenia scintellans--
If, in the dark, you sight one,
Remember, Grandma always said
That 'Senia was the bright one.

W. scintillans, of course.

By David Marjanović (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

d00d!!!11!

By Encolpius (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

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

By Ken Mareld (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink

W. scintillans, of course.

By David Marjanović (not verified) on 12 Oct 2007 #permalink