Tomopteris
Jun 18, 2019 • 5:24 AM UTC
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Ashritha Narayan
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Tail part Tomopteris is a marine planktonic group of polychaete worms. They are very common in all they oceans and seas, many of them living in the deep-sea. All of these tomopteris species emit blue light, called luminescence. Tomopteris helgolandica emits also a yellow light. All Tompteris are transparant . It feeds on other plankton members. ( http://www.waterwereld.nu/tomopteris.php )
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