Tomopteris
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Tomopteris is a genus of planktonic polychaete. If disturbed it can make a flurry of glowing sparks erupt from its parapodia, and it is one of the only marine creatures with yellow bioluminescence.[2]
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- ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=65460
- ^ http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/organism/pictures/tomopteris.html
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