Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Light production by the arm tips of the deep-sea cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Bruce H. Robison, Kim R. Reisenbichler, *James C. Hunt and Steven H.D. Haddock

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^*University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Rd., Biddeford, ME 04005 USA

Vampyroteuthis infernalis	Anatomy of arm tip scale = 1 mm	Ventral surface of arm
Ventral surface of arm	Arm tip fluorescence scale = 1mm	Arm tip fluorescence scale = 1mm
Graph of arm tip fluorescence scale = 50µ	EM arm tip cross section	For image only click here To view a movie of arm tip bioluminescence (1.7 mb mpg.)

updated 4/27/04