Aequorea victoria
Species of the genus "Aequorea" contain a bioluminescent protein (aequorin) and GFP (green fluorescent protein) discovered and studied extensively by Dr. Osamu Shimomura in 1961. While this initial research was done primarily with "Aequorea victoria", further studies have identified, analyzed, and extracted aequorin and GFP from various "Aequorea" species including "A. forskalea." To this day, "A. victoria" is still the primary species-of-interest for these extractions.