Vargula tsujii information

Vargula tsujii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Myodocopida
Family:	Cypridinidae
Genus:	Vargula
Species:	V. tsujii
Binomial name
	Vargula tsujii; Kornicker & Baker, 1977

Vargula tsujii is a bioluminescent cypridinid ostracod found in southern California. It feeds on dead and decaying fish and invertebrates. Vargula tsujii is an important prey item of the plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus), as it is the source of luciferin for the bioluminescence seen in the fish.^[1]^[2]

^ Goodheart, Jessica A.; Minsky, Geetanjali; Brynjegard-Bialik, Mira N.; Drummond, Michael S.; Munoz, J. David; Fallon, Timothy R.; Schultz, Darrin T.; Weng, Jing-Ke; Torres, Elizabeth; Oakley, Todd H. (2020). "Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii" (PDF). doi:10.1101/708065. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Vargula tsujii, Kornicker & Baker, 1977". www.marinespecies.org. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

[1] Goodheart, Jessica A.; Minsky, Geetanjali; Brynjegard-Bialik, Mira N.; Drummond, Michael S.; Munoz, J. David; Fallon, Timothy R.; Schultz, Darrin T.; Weng, Jing-Ke; Torres, Elizabeth; Oakley, Todd H. (2020). "Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii" (PDF). doi:10.1101/708065. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] "Vargula tsujii, Kornicker & Baker, 1977". www.marinespecies.org. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 14, 2020.