List of bioluminescent organisms



Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment, covering terrestrial, marine, and microorganisms.

Terrestrial animals

 * Certain arthropods
 * Coleoptera (beetles)
 * Lampyridae (Fireflies)
 * Phengodidae (Glowworm beetles)
 * railroad worms
 * Rhagophthalmidae
 * Sinopyrophoridae
 * Certain Elateridae (Click beetles)
 * Pyrophorini
 * Balgus
 * Campyloxenus
 * Diptera (true flies)
 * Certain keroplatid fungus gnats
 * Myriapoda
 * Certain centipedes
 * Geophilus carpophagus
 * Orphnaeus brevilabiatus
 * Certain millipedes
 * Genus Motyxia
 * Some land snails
 * Quantula striata
 * Quantula weinkauffiana
 * Genus Phuphania
 * Annelids
 * Octochaetus multiporus
 * Microscolex phosphoreus
 * Pontodrilus litoralis

Fish

 * Anglerfish
 * Gulper eel
 * Lanternfish
 * Stomiiformes
 * Marine hatchetfish
 * Viperfish
 * Black dragonfish
 * Midshipman fish
 * Pineconefish
 * Lanterneye fish
 * Some Squaliformes
 * Lantern sharks
 * Kitefin sharks
 * Velvet dogfish

Invertebrates

 * A deep-sea species of carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae)
 * Many Cnidarians
 * Sea pens
 * Renilla reniformis
 * Coral
 * Certain Jellyfish
 * Aequorea victoria
 * Atolla jellyfish
 * Helmet jellyfish
 * Certain Ctenophores (comb jellies)
 * Some Tunicates:
 * Larvaceans
 * Salps
 * Ascidiacea
 * Doliolida
 * Pyrosomes
 * Certain echinoderms (e.g. Ophiurida)
 * Amphiura filiformis
 * Ophiopsila aranea
 * Ophiopsila californica
 * Amphipholis squamata
 * Many Crustaceans:
 * Seed shrimp (Myodocopa)
 * Copepods
 * Lophogastrids (Gnathophausia)
 * Amphipods
 * Krill
 * Deacpods (shrimp and prawn)
 * Genus Heterocarpus.
 * Two species of Chaetognaths (arrow worms)
 * Caecosagitta macrocephala
 * Eukrohnia fowleri
 * Annelida
 * Genus Tomopteris
 * Genus Swima
 * Certain Polynoidae
 * Mollusca
 * Certain Bivalves (clams)
 * Plocamopherus maderae
 * Pholas dactylus
 * Certain Nudibranchs (sea slugs)
 * Certain sea snails
 * Hinea brasiliana
 * Many Cephalopods
 * Certain Octopuses
 * Bolitaenidae
 * Stauroteuthis
 * Vampire squid
 * Sepiolida
 * Many Teuthida (squid)
 * Cranchiidae
 * Colossal Squid
 * Mastigoteuthidae
 * Histioteuthidae
 * Enoploteuthoidea
 * Firefly squid

Freshwater animals

 * Latia, a genus of four species of freshwater snail

Bacteria

 * Photorhabdus luminescens
 * Certain species of the family Vibrionaceae (e.g. Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, Photobacterium phosphoreum)
 * Certain species of the family Shewanellaceae, (e.g. Shewanella hanedai and Shewanella woodyi)

Other microorganisms

 * Protists
 * Certain Dinoflagellates (e.g. Noctiluca scintillans, Pyrodinium bahamense, Pyrocystis fusiformis and Lingulodinium polyedra