Pelagia
noctiluca Akdeniz'de son derece yaygin ve goze carpan bir turdur.
The researchers began to see vast blooms of
Noctiluca and a steep drop in diatoms and dissolved oxygen in the water column.
2012 Impact of artificial light on the distribution of the common European glow-worm, Lampyris
noctiluca (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).
Swarming of
Noctiluca in the Palk Bay and its effect on the "Choodai" fishery with a note on the possible use of
Noctiluca as an indicator species.
B 1.2 M P 1
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) R,B 11.2 H P 1 Kofoid et Swezy * Oodinium sp.
The SOA notice said that the red tide was caused by a bloom of
Noctiluca scintillan, a species of algae.
The Marine Institute said the sightings is are most likely due to a bioluminescent plankton called
Noctiluca scintillans - sometimes known as Sea Ghost or Fire of Sea.
The very frequent species were represented by the dinoflagellates: Ceratocorys horrida Stein, Pyrocystis
noctiluca Murray ex Haeckel, Ceratium contortum var.
A couple of days later however, at a larger cove near the town of Soller, little groups of Mauve Stingers (Pelagia
Noctiluca) could already be seen bobbing in the shallows along the beach.
Blooms of other cyanobacteria (Microcystis, Anabaena, Trichodesmium) as well as of diatoms (Coscinodiscus, Bellerochea, Chaetocerus, Cerautolina) and dinoflagellates (Ceratium,
Noctiluca) have also been reported in waters of south-western Nigeria (Nwankwo, 1993; Nwankwo et al., 2003, 2004; Onyema & Nwankwo, 2006).