E. Newton Harvey
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Edmund Newton Harvey was an American zoologist. He was acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on bioluminescence. He won the Rumford Prize in 1947 and was a member of the National Academy of S
E. Newton Harvey
Vargula hilgendorfii
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Vargula hilgendorfii, also known as sea-firefly, is a bioluminescent species of ostracod crustacean. It is the only member of genus Vargula to inhabit Japanese waters; all other members of its genus i
E. Newton Harvey
…In 1916 he married a marine biologist, Ethel Nicholson Browne, and during their honeymoon in Japan he became fascinated by the bioluminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii. This could be dried and would emit blue light when remoistened. He had large quantities of it shipped back to the United States where he devoted the…
Vargula hilgendorfii
V. hilgendorfii glowing