Flabelligera
Genus of polychaetes
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Flabelligera is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters.[1][2] Flabelligera species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath.[1][3][4] They also have a distinct cephalic cage (a fan-like arrangement of chaetae around the head), and hooked neurochaeatae (ventral chaetae) which they use to hold onto rocks.[4][5][6]
| Flabelligera | |
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| Flabelligera affinis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Terebellida |
| Family: | Flabelligeridae |
| Genus: | Flabelligera Sars, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Flabelligera affinis Sars 1829 | |
Flabelligera species are preyed on by a number of fish.[7] They are most often found in waters with a temperature between 6.3 and 12.9 °C.[8]
Species list
- Flabelligera affinis, the flabby bristle-worm[9] Sars, 1829
- Flabelligera bicolor (Schmarda, 1824)
- Flabelligera biscayensis Kolmer, 1985
- Flabelligera bophortica Annenkova-Chlopina, 1924
- Flabelligera diplochaetus (Otto, 1820)
- Flabelligera gourdoni Gravier, 1906
- Flabelligera grubei (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Flabelligera haswelli Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
- Flabelligera infundabularis, the sheathed bristle-cage worm[10] Johnson, 1901
- Flabelligera japonica Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
- Flabelligera kaimeiae Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
- Flabelligera kajiharai Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
- Flabelligera kozaensis Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
- Flabelligera luctator (Stimpson, 1855)
- Flabelligera multipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Flabelligera mundata Gravier, 1906
- Flabelligera nuniezi Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
- Flabelligera orensanzi Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
- Flabelligera pennigera Ehlers, 1908
- Flabelligera pergamentacea Ehlers, 1913
- Flabelligera picta Ehlers, 1913
- Flabelligera salazarae Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
- Flabelligera sekii Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
- Flabelligera vaginifera (Rathke, 1843)
