''Chloeia'' is a
genus of
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polychaete worms.
Members of this
genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of
segments, depending on the
species, with external gills situated on both lateral sides of the back, each segment has a pair of them. Their number and repartition also depends on the
species.
[Rômulo Barrosoa & Paulo Cesar Paivaa, A new deep-sea species of Chloeia (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae) from southern Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2011]
Lateral sides of the body are cover with fin, sharp and venomous whitish calcareous bristles or
setae.
Adults of this genus are often colorful especially on the dorsum.
The
locomotion is done by
parapodia, every segment possesses a pair in bilateral position, from which are activated "paddles", one dorsally called
notopodia and another one ventrally called neropodia.
Chloeia's distribution is circumtropical. Most of the known
species are found in the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean so only few species lives in the
Atlantic Ocean.
List of species
There are 28 species in the genus ''Chloeia'':
* ''
Chloeia amphora
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Horst, 1910
* ''
Chloeia australis''
Kudenov, 1993
* ''
Chloeia bengalensis''
Kinberg, 1867
* ''
Chloeia bistriata''
Grube, 1868
* ''
Chloeia candida
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Kinberg, 1857
* ''
Chloeia conspicua''
Horst, 1910
* ''
Chloeia egena''
Grube, 1855
* ''
Chloeia entypa''
Chamberlin, 1919
* ''
Chloeia flava
''Chloeia flava'', also known as the golden fireworm, is a segmented bristleworm belonging to the family Amphinomidae.
Description
The golden fireworm has an elongated body. Its size varies between long, and wide, excluding bristles. Its color ...
''
(Pallas, 1766)
* ''
Chloeia furcigera
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Quatrefages, 1866
* ''
Chloeia fusca
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
McIntosh, 1885
* ''
Chloeia inermis
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Quatrefages, 1866
* ''
Chloeia kudenovi
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Barroso & Paiva, 2011
* ''
Chloeia macleayi
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Haswell, 1878
* ''
Chloeia maculata
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Potts, 1909
* ''
Chloeia malaica
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Kinberg, 1867
* ''
Chloeia nuda
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Quatrefages, 1866
* ''
Chloeia parva
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Baird, 1868
* ''
Chloeia pinnata
''Chloeia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sid ...
''
Moore, 1911
* ''
Chloeia pseudeuglochis''
Augener, 1922
* ''
Chloeia quatrefagesii''
Baird, 1868
* ''
Chloeia rosea''
Potts, 1909
* ''
Chloeia rupestris''
Risso, 1826
* ''
Chloeia tumida''
Baird, 1868
* ''
Chloeia venusta''
Quatrefages, 1866
* ''
Chloeia violacea''
Horst, 1910
* ''
Chloeia viridis''
Schmarda, 1861
* ''
Chloeia bimaculata''
References
External links
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Polychaete genera
Errantia
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