siphonophore
Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine ...
genus in the
Abylidae
The Abylidae are a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophorae. They are Colony (biology), colonial, but the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a co ...
. The genus contains
bioluminescent
Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. Bioluminescence occurs in multifarious organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms inc ...