- Bioluminescence likely originated in Octocorallia 540M years ago, study finds | New finding set a record for the earliest known occurrence of bioluminescence in the marine environment among the Octocorallia group of Anthozoa traced back to the Cambrian era. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2626 2 comments science
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- Glowing octocorals have been around for at least 540 million years https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glowing-octocorals-540-million-years 2 comments
- Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/glowing-sea-creatures-have-been-lighting-up-the-oceans-for-more-than-half-a-billion-years-180984214/ 0 comments