page_title: List of bioluminescent organisms
section_title: Invertebrates
hierarchical_section_title: List of bioluminescent organisms / Marine animals / Invertebrates
caption_attribution_description: bioluminescence antarctic krill - watercolor by User:uwe kils.
context_page_description: Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by environment, covering terrestrial, marine and microorganisms.
context_section_description: Many cnidarians
  Sea pens
  coral
  Aequorea victoria, a jellyfish
  Certain Ctenophores or "comb jellies"
  Certain echinoderms (e.g. Ophiurida)
  Certain crustaceans
  Ostracods
  Copepods
  Krill
  Two species of chaetognaths
  Certain molluscs
  Certain clams, bivalves
  Certain nudibranchs, sea slugs
  few sea snails, such as Hinea brasiliana
  Certain cephalopods
  Certain Octopuses
  Bolitaenidae
  Vampire squid
  Sepiolida
  Many Teuthida (squid)
  Colossal Squid
  Mastigoteuthidae
  Firefly squid
caption: Artist's rendering of Antarctic krill
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