Noctiluca Scintillans
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A Noctiluca Scintillans is a dinoflagellate that produces bioluminescence throughout the cytoplasm.
- See: [SAR Supergroup]], Alveolata, Dinoflagellate, Dinophyceae, Noctilucales, Noctilucaceae, Milky Seas Effect, Bioluminescence, Cytoplasm, Protist.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctiluca_scintillans Retrieved:2020-9-6.
- Noctiluca scintillans, commonly known as the sea sparkle, and also published as Noctiluca miliaris, is a free-living, marine-dwelling species of dinoflagellate that exhibits bioluminescence when disturbed (popularly known as mareel). Its bioluminescence is produced throughout the cytoplasm of this single-celled protist, by a luciferin-luciferase reaction in thousands of spherically shaped organelles, called scintillons.