#seafireflies — Public Fediverse posts
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Watch #SeaFireflies Make Underwater Fireworks as They Seek Mates https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/science/sea-fireflies-glowing.html :ClosedAccess:
Collective synchrony of mating signals modulated by ecological cues and social signals in #bioluminescent sea fireflies https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2311
"The creatures behind the eerie light show are called #ostracods... Under a #microscope, you can make out an #ostracod’s shrimplike body encased in a see-through shell. A bizarre organ called the upper lip makes many ostracods bioluminescent"