Bioluminescent Marine Plankton

Author(s): Ramasamy Santhanam

DOI: 10.2174/9789815050202122010006

Bioluminescent Marine Cnidarians

Pp: 48-115 (68)

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Abstract

This chapter deals with the total luminescent fauna of planktonic hydrozoa and scyphozoa, emission maxima in observed species of planktonic hydrozoa and scyphozoa, the description of luminescent marine species of planktonic hydrozoa and scyphozoa and their mechanism of bioluminescence.