Tags: Crustacean.

Sapphirina also called the sea sapphires is a genus of parasitic copepod containing the following species:Various species of male Sapphirina shine in different hues from bright gold to deep blue. This is partially due to microscopic layers of crystal plates inside their cells which are separated by minute distances and these distances equal the same wavelength of the corresponding color of their shine.

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