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Detailed explanation-1: -Noctiluca scintillans (Sea sparkle) | Taxonomy | UniProt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noctiluca, genus of marine dinoflagellate in the family Noctilucaceae, consisting of a single species, Noctiluca scintillans (or N. miliaris), one of the most commonly occurring bioluminescent organisms in coastal regions of the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Noctiluca algae, commonly known as sea tinkle, is a parasite and occurs in patches or ‘blooms’ in the Northern Arabian Sea. They glow at night due bioluminescence, and have earned them the nickname ‘sea sparkle’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The light attracts larger predators that aren’t interested in eating Noctiluca scintillans; these predators eat or scare away the smaller predators that would normally feed on Noctiluca scintillans. It is also thought that the light may just startle the predator and scare them away (Valiadi et al.