''Flabelligera'' is a genus of
polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made ...
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, 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 (from Greek χαίτη “crest, mane, flowing hair"; plural: chaetae) is a chitinous bristle or seta found in annelid worms, (although the term is also frequently used to describe similar structures in other invertebrates such ...
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
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Flabelligera affinis
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
,'' the flabby bristle-worm
Sars, 1829
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Flabelligera bicolor
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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(Schmarda, 1824)
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Flabelligera biscayensis''
Kolmer, 1985
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Flabelligera bophortica''
Annenkova-Chlopina, 1924
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Flabelligera diplochaetus''
(Otto, 1820)
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Flabelligera gourdoni''
Gravier, 1906
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Flabelligera grubei''
(Webster & Benedict, 1887)
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Flabelligera haswelli''
Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
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Flabelligera infundabularis,'' the sheathed bristle-cage worm
Johnson, 1901
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Flabelligera japonica''
Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
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Flabelligera kaimeiae''
Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
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Flabelligera kajiharai
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
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Flabelligera kozaensis''
Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
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Flabelligera luctator''
(Stimpson, 1855)
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Flabelligera multipapillata''
Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
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Flabelligera nuniezi
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
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Flabelligera orensanzi
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
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Flabelligera pennigera
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Ehlers, 1908
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Flabelligera pergamentacea
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Ehlers, 1913
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Flabelligera picta
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Ehlers, 1913
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Flabelligera salazarae
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
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Flabelligera sekii
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
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Flabelligera vaginifera
''Flabelligera'' is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ''Flabelligera'' species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ...
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(Rathke, 1843)
References
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