Flabelligera
Genus of polychaetes
Flabelligera is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae . Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. Flabelligera species have long, club-like papillae , which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. They also have a distinct cephalic cage (a fan-like arrangement of chaetae around the head), and hooked neurochaetae (ventral chaetae) which they use to hold onto rocks.
Flabelligera species are preyed on by a number of fish. They are most often found in waters with a temperature between 6.3 and 12.9 °C (43.3 and 55.2 °F) .
Species list
Flabelligera affinis, the flabby bristle-worm 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 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)
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References
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Jimi, Naoto; Hasegawa, Naohiro; Taru, Masanori; Oya, Yuki; Kohtsuka, Hisanori; Tsuchida, Shinji; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Woo, Sau Pinn (2022). "Five New Species of Flabelligera (Flabelligeridae: Annelida) from Japan" . Species Diversity . 27 (1): 101– 111. doi :10.12782/specdiv.27.101 .
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