Table 1.

Luciferase sequence similarity among Copepod species revealed by protein BLAST research.

Species Name	Length (a.a.)	Identity (%)	Similarity (%)
Metridia asymmmetrica	186	71	84
Metridia asymmetrica 2	191	71	83
Metridia pacifica	210	68	74
Metridia pacifica 2	189	72	82
Metridia curticauda	186	71	83
Metridia curticauda 2	191	71	82
Metridia okhotensis	190	73	82
Metridia okhotensis 2	217	63	70
Metridia longa	209	64	73
Metridia longa	219	58	67
Pleuromamma scutullata	182	70	79
Pleuromamma scutullata 2	220	61	69
Pleuromamma abdominalis	186	70	82
Pleuromamma abdominalis 2	211	61	70
Pleuromamma xiphias	180	71	80
Pleuromamma xiphias 2	213	62	71
Heterorhabdus tanneri	188	46	58
Heterorhabdus tanneri 2	196	51	65
Heterostylites major	205	46	62
Heterostylites major 2	203	37	56
Lucicutia ovaliformis	223	68	81