''Chloeia'' is a

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polychaete worms. Members of this

are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the

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, 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

.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

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. Adults of this genus are often colorful especially on the dorsum. The locomotion is done by

parapodia In invertebrates, the term parapodium ( Gr. ''para'', beyond or beside + ''podia'', feet; plural: parapodia) refers to lateral outgrowths or protrusions from the body. Parapodia are predominantly found in annelids, where they are paired, unjointed ...

, every segment possesses a pair in bilateral position, from which are activated "paddles", one dorsally called

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and another one ventrally called neropodia. Chloeia's distribution is circumtropical. Most of the known

are found in the

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and

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so only few species lives in the

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List of species

There are 28 species in the genus ''Chloeia'': * '' Chloeia amphora'' 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'' Quatrefages, 1866 * '' Chloeia fusca'' McIntosh, 1885 * '' Chloeia inermis'' Quatrefages, 1866 * '' Chloeia kudenovi'' Barroso & Paiva, 2011 * '' Chloeia macleayi'' Haswell, 1878 * '' Chloeia maculata'' Potts, 1909 * '' Chloeia malaica'' Kinberg, 1867 * '' Chloeia nuda'' 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

* Polychaete genera Errantia {{annelid-stub