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
Flabelligera affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Flabelligera Sars, 1829 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Oug, Eivind & Bakken, Torkild & Kongsrud, Jon. (2011). Guide to identification of Flabelligeridae (Polychaeta) in Norwegian and adjacent waters.
  7. ^ Global Biotic Interactions. What do flabelligera get eaten by? (Search)
  8. ^ "Flabelligera affinis | Encyclopedia of Puget Sound". www.eopugetsound.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  9. ^ "Flabelligera affinis, Flabby bristle-worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  10. ^ "Flabelligera infundibularis, Sheathed bristle-cage worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  11. ^ "Flabelligera Sars 1829 names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  12. ^ "World Polychaeta Database - Flabelligera Sars, 1829". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

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