MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers in Russia have discovered a new species of luminous polyps in the Red Sea. The fluorescent sea creatures form small colonies on the shells of Nassarius margaritifer, a species of sea snail.
The polyps put out green "fluorescent lanterns" across the shell of the marine gastropod mollusk.
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Researchers say the new species looks very similar to flourescent polyps found in fresh water known as hydrae. But the two types of glow-in-the-dark polyps are only =read more=http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/02/05/New-species-of-fluorescent-polyps-light-up-gastropod-shells/9231454693745/
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