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>