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Definition of NOCTILUCA

Noctiluca
Noctiluca Noc`ti*lu"ca, n.; pl. Noctiluc[AE]. [L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light.] 1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctiluc[ae].

Meaning of NOCTILUCA from wikipedia

- Noctiluca scintillans is a marine species of dinoflagellate that can exist in a green or red form, depending on the pigmentation in its vacuoles. It can...
- Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in the genus Pelagia. It is typically known in English...
- Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm of Europe (see also "glowworm"), is the type species of beetle in the genus Lampyris and the family Lampyridae...
- Pipiza noctiluca is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length...
- caused by the bacterium Vibrio harveyi. Mareel is typically caused by Noctiluca scintillans (po****rly known as "sea sparkle"), a dinoflagellate that...
- Uroteuthis noctiluca, commonly known as the luminous bay squid, is a species of squid native to shallow water on the eastern coast of Australia. It uses...
- hanedai and Shewanella woodyi) Protists Certain Dinoflagellates (e.g. Noctiluca scintillans, Pyrodinium bahamense, Pyrocystis fusiformis and Lingulodinium...
- Noctilucales Haeckel 1894 Family Noctilucaceae Saville-Kent 1881 Genus Noctiluca Kofoid 1920 [Mammaria Oken 1815 (sic); Slabberia Oken 1815 (sic)] Genus...
- is used for both adults and larvae of firefly species such as Lampyris noctiluca, the common European glowworm, in which only the nonflying adult females...
- heliozoa, termed sun animalcules. Amoeba, termed Proteus animalcules. Noctiluca scintillans, commonly termed the sea sparkles. Paramecium, termed slipper...