Aequorea victoria, more commonly known as the crystal jelly, is a type of bioluminescent jellyfish. A. victoria, which resides off the west coast of North America, appears to glow thanks to two proteins: aequorin and green fluorescent protein. The green fluorescent protein was first isolated in A. victoria, and the discovery was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The towel features sketches of some of the A. victoria and the chemical structure for coelenterazine, which is a type of luciferin that is found in aquatic organisms. Coelenterazine, when incorporated into the aequorin protein, releases light, giving the jellyfish its bioluminescent abilities.

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