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Definition of Tomopteris

Tomopteris
Tomopteris To*mop"te*ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cut + ? wing (but taken to mean, fin).] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.

Meaning of Tomopteris from wikipedia

- Page: Tomopteris Die pelagische Thierwelt in grösseren Meerestiefen und ihre Beziehungen zu der Oberflächenfauna. K Chun, 1888 Definition: tomopteris from...
- Planktonic bristleworm Tomopteris...
- (arrow worms) Caecosagitta macrocephala Eukrohnia fowleri Annelida Genus Tomopteris Genus Swima Mollusca Certain Bivalves (clams) Plocamopherus maderae Pholas...
- Tomopteris, a holoplanktic bioluminescence polychaete worm...
- Tomopteris, a holoplanktic polychaete worm with an unusual yellow bioluminescence that emanates from its parapodia...
- holopelagic polychaetes belonging to the order Phyllodocida. The genus Tomopteris consist of about 70 species, and the three other genera of one known species...
- Phyllodocida The planktonic polychaete Tomopteris Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Clade: Pleistoannelida...
- However, some loose-jawed fish emit red and infrared light, and the genus Tomopteris emits yellow light. The most frequently encountered bioluminescent organisms...
- luminous deep sea animals, including the vampire squid, the polychaete worm Tomopteris that generates yellow light, the jellyfish Atolla, the comb jelly Beroe...
- groups is unclear. It bears some similarity to the living polychaete worm Tomopteris and Amphinomidae, but its lack of chaetae, along with other lines of evidence...