Bioluminescence of ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller 1776)
Journal: Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Biologiya
Year: 2024

Since the 1980s, in the Black Sea, there has been carried out intensive research of the ctenophores. The features of their distribution over the sea areas, in connection with depth, temperature and salinity, those of nutrition, respiration and reproduction, and luminescence under experimental conditions are being investigated. Until recently, it was believed that the autochthonous inhabitant of the Black Sea, Pleurobrachia pileus, (O.F. Muller 1776) is not a luminous species, therefore, in addit