Light microscopy of the head of the larva of a Tomopteris sp. polychaete worm. Tomopteris is a free-swimming marine polychaete that spends its entire life amongst the plankton (holoplanktonic). It is known to have unusual yellow bioluminescence, and it can release the glowing chemicals from its parapodia to distract predators. This specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean.
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