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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SciArtSeptember" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SciArtSeptember</span></a> prompt: illuminated and a bonus mesopelagic <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invertebrate</span></a> for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> it’s my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> of the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bioluminescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioluminescent</span></a> firefly squid! The firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan, live at depth (200 to 400 m) and are bioluminescent and emit blue light from photophores. 🧵1/</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>squid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fireflySquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fireflySquid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WaraseniaScintillans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaraseniaScintillans</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/enope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enope</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Squidtember" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Squidtember</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>A few of my ocean creatures for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WorldOceanDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldOceanDay</span></a>. We call this planet Earth but it is more than 70% ocean; the continents and islands are the exception not the rule on what is mainly an ocean planet. The oceans are the biggest biosphere, a huge driver of climate, a major source of food, medicine, life and livelihood for many. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/oceanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oceanLife</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/portugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>portugueseManOWar</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humpbackWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humpbackWhale</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fireflySquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fireflySquid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SciArtSeptember" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SciArtSeptember</span></a> prompt glowing, it’s my linocut of the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bioluminescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioluminescent</span></a> firefly squid! The firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan, live at depth (200 to 400 m) and are bioluminescent and emit blue light from photophores. 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>squid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fireflySquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fireflySquid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WaraseniaScintillans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaraseniaScintillans</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/enope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enope</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Squidtember" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Squidtember</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>My Firefly Squid 🦑 linocut for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopodWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopodWeek</span></a>!</p><p>This is a linocut print of the firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan. These tiny squid live at depth (200 to 400 m) &amp; they are bioluminescent &amp; emit blue light from photophores. </p><p>The print shows the squid against a white background so you can see the whole animal &amp; then its reflection is shown …</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Squid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FireflySquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FireflySquid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopod</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bioluminescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioluminescence</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>