Three newly discovered sea worms that glow in the dark named after creatures from Japanese folklore and marine biologist

Researchers have discovered three new species of luminescent Polycirrus worms that emit blue-purple light. They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the former director of Notojima Aquarium who helped find the worms.

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