Tomopteris
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Aciculata |
| Family: | Tomopteridae Johnston, 1865 |
| Genus: | Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825[1] |
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Tomopteris elegans |
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Tomopteris (Neo-Latin from Greek meaning "a cut" + "wing" but taken to mean "fin")[2] is a genus of marine planktonic polychaete. If disturbed, some species are known to make a flurry of glowing sparks erupt from their parapodia. One species, Tomopteris nisseni, is one of the few marine creatures with yellow bioluminescence.[3]
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