Vargulin
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Vargulin, or cypridina luciferin, is the luciferin
found in the ostracod
Cypridina hilgendorfii also named Vargula hilgendorfii
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Luciferin
Luciferins are a class of light-emitting biological pigments found in organisms that cause bioluminescence...
found in the ostracod
Ostracod
Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. Some 65,000 species have been identified, grouped into several orders....
Cypridina hilgendorfii also named Vargula hilgendorfii
Vargula hilgendorfii
Vargula hilgendorfii, sometimes called the sea-firefly, one of three bioluminescent species known in Japan as umi-hotaru, is a species of ostracod crustacean. It is the only member of genus Vargula to inhabit Japanese waters; all other members of its genus inhabit the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean...
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