- Tomopteris
Taxobox
name = "Tomopteris"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Annelida
classis =Polychaeta
ordo = Aciculata
familia = Tomopteridae
familia_authority =Johnston , 1865
genus = "Tomopteris"
genus_authority = Eschscholtz, 1825 [ [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=65460 ITIS Standard Report Page: Tomopteris ] ]
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Tomopteris elegans" "Tomopteris helgolandica" "Tomopteris pacifica" "Tomopteris planctonis" "Tomopteris nisseni" "Tomopteris renata" "Tomopteris cavalli" "Tomopteris septentrionalis" Steenstrup"Tomopteris" (Neo-Latin from Greek meaning "a cut" + "wing" but taken to mean "fin") [ [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?tomopteris Definition: tomopteris from Online Medical Dictionary ] ] is a genus of marine
plankton icpolychaete . If disturbed, some species are known to make a flurry of glowing sparks erupt from theirparapodia . One species, "Tomopteris nisseni", is one of the few marine creatures with yellowbioluminescence . [ [http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/organism/pictures/tomopteris.html Tomopteris picture ] ]References
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