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"Scyphistoma stage of Cyanaea capillata, showing two ordinary hydrae tubae, between which are two others, a, b, undergoing fission (the strobila stage)." -Whitney, 1911

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

"Scyphistoma stage of Cyanaea capillata, showing two ordinary hydrae tubae, between which are two others,…

"Diagrammatic sagittal section of Microstomum, showing a chain of four zooids produced by fission. b, brain of the original zooid (the exponents indicating corresponding structures of the more recently formed zooids); c, ciliated pit; d, dissepiments indicating different stages in the separation of the zooids; e, eye-spot; ent, entoderm; g, gut; gl., glandular cells about the mouth; m., mouth of the original worm." -Galloway, 1915

Microstomum

"Diagrammatic sagittal section of Microstomum, showing a chain of four zooids produced by fission. b,…

An illustration of the first stage of fission in the Noctiluca scintillans. Noctiluca scintillans, also published as Noctiluca miliaris, is a free-living non-parasitic marine-dwelling species of dinoflagellate that exhibits bioluminescence. The bioluminescent characteristic of N. scintillans is produced by a luciferin-luciferase system located in thousands of spherically shaped organelles, or "microsources", located throughout the cytoplasm of this single-celled protist. Nonluminescent populations within the genus Noctiluca lack these microsources.

Stage One in the Fission of Noctiluca Scintillans

An illustration of the first stage of fission in the Noctiluca scintillans. Noctiluca scintillans, also…

An illustration of the second stage of fission in the Noctiluca scintillans. Noctiluca scintillans, also published as Noctiluca miliaris, is a free-living non-parasitic marine-dwelling species of dinoflagellate that exhibits bioluminescence. The bioluminescent characteristic of N. scintillans is produced by a luciferin-luciferase system located in thousands of spherically shaped organelles, or "microsources", located throughout the cytoplasm of this single-celled protist. Nonluminescent populations within the genus Noctiluca lack these microsources.

Stage Two in the Fission of Noctiluca Scintillans

An illustration of the second stage of fission in the Noctiluca scintillans. Noctiluca scintillans,…