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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Terebellida |
| Family: | Flabelligeridae |
| Genus: | Flabelligera Sars, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Flabelligera affinis Sars 1829
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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
edit- 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 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
edit- ^ a b Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012-02-22). "Revision of Flabelligera Sars, 1829 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae)". Zootaxa. 3203 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3203.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Flabelligera Sars, 1829 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Fauchald, Kristian (1977). The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. p. 117. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series. 28:1–188.
- ^ a b U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife (1973). Circular / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington]: The Service.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Oug, Eivind & Bakken, Torkild & Kongsrud, Jon. (2011). Guide to identification of Flabelligeridae (Polychaeta) in Norwegian and adjacent waters.
- ^ Global Biotic Interactions. What do flabelligera get eaten by? (Search)
- ^ "Flabelligera affinis | Encyclopedia of Puget Sound". www.eopugetsound.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "Flabelligera affinis, Flabby bristle-worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Flabelligera infundibularis, Sheathed bristle-cage worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Flabelligera Sars 1829 names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "World Polychaeta Database - Flabelligera Sars, 1829". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
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