Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Fotóforo" in Portuguese language version.
É o primeiro registo de emissão de luz azul num ser vivo na América do Sul. É também o primeiro testemunho de uma Diptera bioluminescente no mesmo local.
O 'diabo negro do mar' tem uma antena que se ilumina graças a bactérias bioluminescentes, o que o ajuda a atrair suas presas.
expression of the greek word photophore (meaning "light holder").
the shark secretes a glowing fluid from a tiny pocket gland near its front fins. It’s thought to help attract prey, who are drawn to the glow while the tiny predator, practically invisible from below, stealthily attacks.
Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848 is an oceanic fish which emits red light from a large suborbital photophore.
A large photophore is present between the two fins on the posterior end of the body, and this has been observed to emit a "pale, yellowish-green light" that can glow "uninterruptedly for hours".
In the deep sea, some shrimp use their own bioluminescence to 'vomit light' and blind predators.
Como se alimenta na escuridão total esta espécie atrai os peixes através de uma luz, chamada fotóforo.
Schematic picture of a longitudinal section through a ventral photophore from krill.
An adult female raising the caudal photophore and emitting light for attracting male.
Our observations establish clearly that these four species of Phuphania produce a continuous greenish light from the light-emitting cells located within the mantle and the foot, and that its bright luminescence is intracellular and is not due to any luminous secretion.
The railroad worm Phrixothrix hirtus is an essential biological model and symbolic species due to its bicolor bioluminescence, being the only organism that produces true red light among bioluminescent terrestrial species.
Fotóforo. É o órgão produtor de luz fria (luminescência). Quimicamente esta luminescência é produzida pela reação de oxidação da luciferina, pela enzima luciferase. Sin: órgão fotogênico.
