Noctiluca marina ...

Defended {9} June 1752 by Carl Fredric Adler (1720-1761). A report, with historical background, on the cause of phosphorescent luminescence of the sea, called "mareld" in Swedish, as seen in the wake of ships when in tropical waters, on wave crests in severe storms or in western coastal areas in evening from August to September. Reported to be due to the minute flagellate worm, Nereis noctiluca, for which genus 11 species were described herein. Identification of the organism was reported to have been made first in 1749.