| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Authors: | E. N. Laboy-Nieves, Santiago-Blay J. A. |
| Journal: | Life: The Excitement of Biology |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 22-30 |
| Date Published: | 16/10/2019 |
| ISSN: | 2325-081X |
| Keywords: | Biofluorescence, bioluminescense, biophosphorescense, Carite Forest, Diplopoda, Opiliones, Puerto Rico, Spirobolellus richmondi, Spirobolida, ultraviolet illumination, Yunquenus portoricanus |
| Abstract: | Two endemic arthropods, the harvestman, Yunquenus portoricanus, and the millipede, Spirobolellus richmondi, from a humid montane forest in Puerto Rico, are first reported to fluoresce when they are illuminated with ultraviolet light (360 nm). Both species are relatively small, nocturnal dwellers and have a dark exoskeleton, three attributes that make them almost imperceptible during night surveys using white lights. The use of UV illumination enhances the detection of these animals during field surveys. |
| URL: | https://blaypublishers.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/laboy.pdf |
| DOI: | 10.9784/LEB7(1)Laboy.01 |
| Citation Key: | 361 |
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