Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Vargulin also called Cypridina luciferin or Vargula Luciferin is the luciferin found in the ostracod Cypridina hilgendorfii also named Vargula hilgendorfii. These bottom dwelling ostracods emit a light stream into water when disturbed presumably to deter predation. Vargulin is also used by the midshipman fish Porichthys.
