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  1. 🕷 NEW: On an Australian #research expedition, marine biologist Jérôme Mallefet tested thousands of deep-sea specimens for light production in a darkroom aboard a research vessel.

    Two giant sea #spider species, Colossendeis tasmanica and C. minor, glowed along the undersides of their legs when chemically stimulated. The researchers suspect the trait may be borrowed from #anemones the spiders eat, or used to find #prey.

    👉 sciencenews.org/article/deep-s

    #bioluminescence #deepsea #ocean #marinebiology #biology #science #nature #animals #australia #discovery #wildlife #stem

  2. The Living Light Shows of the Deep Ocean 🌊✨

    Meet the lobate comb jelly (Lobata). While they look remarkably like classic jellyfish, these translucent wanderers belong to the phylum Ctenophora—one of the absolute oldest lineages of animal life on Earth.

    They don't sting; instead, they use those massive, wing-like oral lobes to scoop up microscopic plankton as they drift.

    #photography
    #MarineBiology
    #Ctenophora
    #LobateCombJelly
    #bioluminescence
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  3. Lough Hyne: Night Kayak

    Five go in search of bioluminescence on Lough Hyne. Conditions were perfect for a night kayak.

    #WestCork #LoughHyne #Kayak #Bioluminescence #Stars #Statelites #Skibbereen #Baltimore #Photography