Tomopteris helgolandica Tomopteris pacifica Tomopteris planctonis Tomopteris nisseni Tomopteris renata Tomopteris cavalli Tomopteris (Neo-Latin from Greek meaning `a cut` + `wing` but taken to mean `fin`) is a genus of marine planktonic polychaete. All described species are known to be holopelagic, meaning that they spend their entire life c...
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• (n.) 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.
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To·mop'te·ris noun [ New Latin , from Greek
to`mos a cut +
ptero`n wing (but taken to mean, fin).]
(Zoology) 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 genu...
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