Image of the Day: Psychedelic Symbiosis
Thanks to the bioluminescent bacteria inhabiting its light organ, the vividly colored southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica) can glow in the dark.
Jul 12, 2017
The Scientist Staff
A southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica)
MUSEUMS VICTORIA, MARK NORMAN
With its shimmering rainbow hues and a 4-centimeter mantle roughly the size of a large paper clip, the southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica) is small but memorable.
