''Flabelligera'' is a genus of
polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine Annelid, annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called c ...
s in the family
Flabelligeridae
Flabelligeridae is a family of polychaete worms, known as bristle-cage worms, notable for their cephalic cage: long slender chaetae forming a fan-like arrangement surrounding the eversible (able to be turned inside-out) head. Unlike many polychae ...
. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters.
''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like
papillae
Papilla (Latin, 'nipple') or papillae may refer to:
In animals
* Papilla (fish anatomy), in the mouth of fish
* Papilla (worms), small bumps on the surface of certain worms
* Basilar papilla, a sensory organ of lizards, amphibians and fish
* De ...
, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath.
They also have a distinct cephalic cage (a fan-like arrangement of
chaeta
A chaeta or cheta (; ) is a chitinous bristle or seta found on annelid worms, although the term is also frequently used to describe similar structures in other invertebrates such as arthropods. Polychaete annelids (''polychaeta'' literally me ...
e around the head), and hooked neurochaeatae (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.
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 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)
References
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Polychaete genera
Cosmopolitan animals