How This Mysterious Clam Puts on an Underwater Light Show

New research published today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface confirms that C. ales—divers and aquarium enthusiasts call it disco clam—is one of the few marine creatures that use micro-scale structures to reflect light. The disco clam does it so well that for years divers and scientists alike both believed that it was generating its electric display with through bioluminescence, or light-producing chemical reactions.

















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