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Tomopteris elegans

Tomopteris elegans

Classification

The gossamer worm (scientific name Tomopteris, Neo-Latin from Greek meaning "a cut" + "wing" but taken to mean "fin") is a genus of marine planktonic polychaetes. All described species are known to be holoplanktic, meaning that they spend their entire life cycles in the water column. E.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 1