“…[8] Along with phytoplankton, many abundant zooplankton species in the tropical Indian Ocean are luminous. [14,15,20] In particular, the major taxonomic groups of the Arabian Sea zooplankton are Copepoda, Chaetognatha, Ostracoda, and Salpidae, all of which contribute to the list of luminous organisms. [21] Second, we acquired the fine-scale variation of bioluminescence intensity, which was assembled by high frequent bathyphotometric casts carried out on drift stations.…”