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The authors thank Victor B. Meyer-Rochow (Hachijo Island Geothermal Energy Museum and University of Oulu) for hints on the literature and for critical reading of the manuscript; Osamu Shimomura (Institute for Advanced Research Academy of Nagoya University), Hiromitsu Endo (Kochi University), Naohide Nakayama (Kochi University), Ken-ichi Onodera (Kochi University), Masashi Naito (Shizuoka University and Nagoya University), So Yamashita (Hachijo Town Council), Osamu Inamura (Uozu Aquarium), and Hiroshi Yoshida (Gose Industrial High School) for providing photographs.

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Oba, Y., Schultz, D.T. (2014). Eco-Evo Bioluminescence on Land and in the Sea. In: Thouand, G., Marks, R. (eds) Bioluminescence: Fundamentals and Applications in Biotechnology - Volume 1. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 144. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43385-0_1

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