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
fireflies
click beetle specific types (e.g. Pyrophorini, Balgus, Campyloxenus, etc.) glow worms railroad worms certain mycetophilid flies certain centipedes such as Geophilus carpophagus certain millipedes such as Motyxia a terrestrial mollusc (a tropical land snail) Quantula striata annelids
Marine animals
Fish
Anglerfish
Gulper eel
Lanternfish
Marine hatchetfish
Midshipman fish
Pineconefish
Viperfish
Black dragonfish
Invertebrates
A deep sea species of carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae) Many cnidarians Sea pens Renilla reniformis coral Aequorea victoria, a jellyfish Certain Ctenophores or "comb jellies" Some tunicates: Larvaceans Salps Ascidiacea Doliolida Pyrosomes Certain echinoderms (e.g. Ophiurida) Amphiura filiformis Ophiopsila aranea Ophiopsila californica Amphipholis squamata Bioluminescent species are known from the following orders of crustaceans: Seed shrimp (Myodocopa) Copepods Lophogastrids (Gnathophausia) Amphipods Krill Deacpods (shrimp and prawn) Two species of chaetognaths Annelida Genus Tomopteris Genus Swima Mollusca 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
Freshwater animals
Latia, a genus of four species of freshwater snail
Fungi
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 polyedrum